Thomas Nevitt | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Carpentaria | |
In office 18 May 1907 – 27 April 1912 | |
Preceded by | James Forsyth |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 12 October 1917 – 23 March 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Nevitt May 1864 Crewe, Cheshire, England |
Died | 13 September 1932 (aged 68) Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
Resting place | Martyn St Cemetery |
Nationality | English Australian |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Sabina Naughton (m.1887 d.1934) |
Occupation | Wardsman, overseer, visiting justice |
Thomas Nevitt (May 1864 – 13 September 1932) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Nevitt was born at Crewe, Cheshire, to James Nevitt and his wife Ellen (née Warburton) and was educated in Crewe Green and St. Paul's Church schools, Crewe.[1] He began his working life as a railway fitter in England before moving to Queensland around 1884.[2] He worked as a hospital wardsman in Normanton for twenty years from 1887, was overseer, Townsville Quarantine Station from 1912 until 1917,[1] and Visiting Justice at St Helena Prison and other centres throughout the state[2] from 1923 to 1930.[1]