Thomas Price (South Australia politician)
| Thomas Price | |
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| 24th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1902, 1905, 1906 |
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In office 26 July 1905 – 31 May 1909 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Governor |
Sir George Le Hunte Sir Day Bosanquet |
| Preceded by | Richard Butler |
| Succeeded by | Archibald Peake |
| 12th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 1904–1905 |
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| Preceded by | John Darling |
| Succeeded by | Richard Butler |
| 3rd United Labor Party leader | |
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In office 1899–1909 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Batchelor |
| Succeeded by | John Verran |
| Personal details | |
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January 19, 1852 Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales, UK |
| Died | May 31, 1909 (aged 57) Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | United Labor Party |
Thomas Price (19 January 1852 – 31 May 1909), frequently referred to as Tom Price, served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia. He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with increased representation at the 1906 double dissolution election serving until his death in 1909. It was the world's first stable Labor government. So successful, John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election.
Achievements of the government included free state secondary schools, the formation of wages boards and a minimum wage, establishing the Municipal Tramways Trust through nationalisation, the costly administration of the Northern Territory was surrendered to the Federal government, and reform (though limited) of the upper house. The government also returned to successive budget surpluses and reduced the accumulated public debt.
He was born in Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales, and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1883. He was a stonecutter, teacher, lay preacher, businessman, stonemason, clerk-of-works, union secretary, union president and politician. He quickly became involved in trade union activity, and was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Sturt in April 1893, becoming Labor leader in 1899. He contested the single statewide Division of South Australia at the 1901 federal election as the second of two Labor candidates behind Lee Batchelor. The seat elected seven members, Price finished eighth with a 38.2 percent vote.
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