Thomas Reynolds (Australian politician)
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The Right Honourable Thomas Reynolds |
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| 5th Premier of South Australia | |
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In office 9 May 1860 – 8 October 1861 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor | Sir Richard MacDonnell |
| Preceded by | Sir Richard Hanson |
| Succeeded by | George Waterhouse |
| Constituency | City Of Adelaide |
| South Australian Commissioner of Public Works |
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In office 30 September 1857 – 12 June 1858 |
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| Premier | Richard Hanson |
| Preceded by | Samuel Davenport |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Blyth |
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| Born | 1818 England, UK |
| Died | 25 February 1875 (aged 57) Great Barrier Reef, Queensland |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Litchfield |
Thomas Reynolds (1818 – 25 February 1875) was the fifth Premier of South Australia, serving from 9 May 1860 to 8 October 1861.
Reynolds was born in England in 1818, and on leaving school had experience in the grocery business. He came to South Australia in 1840 as an early colonist at the invitation of his brother, who had a draper's shop at Adelaide. The brother had died by the time Thomas Reynolds arrived and he soon opened a grocer's shop, was successful for a time, but like many others fell into financial difficulties when the gold rush began.
Reynolds became an alderman in the Adelaide City Council in 1854, succeeding William Paxton, but a few months afterwards resigned to enter the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council. In 1857 he was elected for Sturt in the first South Australian House of Assembly, a seat he held until 12 March 1860. From September 1857 to June 1858 he was commissioner of public works in the Hanson ministry. On 13 March 1860, Reynolds changed seats to City of Adelaide and on 9 May 1860 he became Premier and Treasurer of South Australia.
Reynolds resigned as premier and treasurer on 8 October 1861. He was treasurer in the second Waterhouse ministry from 17 October 1861 to 19 February 1862, and in the second Dutton ministry from March to September 1865. He held the same position in the fourth and fifth Ayers ministries from May 1867 to September 1868 and from October to November 1868. He was commissioner of crown lands in the seventh Ayers ministry from March 1872 to July 1873. Reynolds represented East Adelaide from 5 November 1864 to 27 March 1870 and Encounter Bay from 14 December 1871 to 2 February 1872 and 29 February 1872 to 28 August 1873.
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