Thomas Nevitt

Thomas Nevitt
Thomas Nevitt, March 1932
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Carpentaria
In office
18 May 1907 – 27 April 1912
Preceded byJames Forsyth
Succeeded bySeat 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
Died13 September 1932 (aged 68)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeMartyn St Cemetery
NationalityEnglish Australian
Political partyLabor
SpouseSabina Naughton (m.1887 d.1934)
OccupationWardsman, 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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "OBITUARY HON. THOMAS NEVITT". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 14 September 1932. p. 4. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2015.