Sir Thomas Ewing | |
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Minister for Defence | |
In office 24 January 1907 – 13 November 1908 | |
Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
Preceded by | Thomas Playford |
Succeeded by | George Pearce |
Minister for Home Affairs | |
In office 12 October 1906 – 24 January 1907 | |
Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
Preceded by | Littleton Groom |
Succeeded by | John Keating |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Richmond | |
In office 29 March 1901 – 19 February 1910 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Walter Massy-Greene |
Personal details | |
Born | Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia | 9 October 1856
Died | 15 September 1920 Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 63)
Political party | Protectionist (to 1909) Liberal (from 1909) |
Spouse | Margaret Russell McCabe |
Relations | Norman Ewing (brother) John Ewing (brother) |
Occupation | Surveyor |
Sir Thomas Thomson Ewing KCMG (9 October 1856 – 15 September 1920) was an Australian politician. He began his career in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1885–1901) before winning election to the Division of Richmond at the inaugural 1901 federal election. He held ministerial office in the second Deakin government as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1905–1906), Minister for Home Affairs (1906–1907), and Minister for Defence (1907–1908).