Thomas Bath

Thomas Bath
Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia
In office
22 November 1905 – 3 August 1910
PremierNewton Moore
Preceded byWilliam Johnson
Succeeded byJohn Scaddan
Minister for Education of Western Australia
In office
7 June 1905 – 25 August 1905
PremierHenry Daglish
Preceded byHenry Daglish
Succeeded byWalter Kingsmill
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Hannans
In office
1902–1904
Preceded byJohn Reside
Succeeded byWallace Nelson
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Brown Hill
In office
1904–1911
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Avon
In office
1911–1914
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTom Harrison
Personal details
Born(1875-02-21)21 February 1875
Hill End, New South Wales
Died6 November 1956(1956-11-06) (aged 81)
Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor Party

Thomas Henry Bath, CBE (21 February 1875 – 6 November 1956) was an Australian politician, trade unionist, newspaper editor, writer, and cooperativist. A member of the Labor Party, he served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between 1902 and 1914 for the constituencies of Hannans, Brown Hill and Avon, and was also Minister for Education for a period of 79 days in 1905, and Leader of the Opposition between 1906 and 1910. In later life, Bath was involved in the establishment of the University of Western Australia, and also initiated several agricultural cooperatives.