Tom McVeigh

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The Honourable
Tom McVeigh
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Darling Downs
In office
2 December 1972  1 December 1984
Preceded by Reginald Swartz
Succeeded by Division abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Groom
In office
1 December 1984  29 February 1988
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Bill Taylor
Personal details
Born (1930-05-07) 7 May 1930
Allora, Queensland
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party of Australia
Children John McVeigh (son)
Occupation Farmer

Daniel Thomas "Tom" McVeigh (born 7 May 1930) is a former Australian politician.

McVeigh was born in Allora, Queensland and was a farmer before entering the Australian Parliament. He was a member of the Queensland State Wheat Board from 1965 to 1974, the Queensland delegate to the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation from 1964 to 1966 and a state councillor of the Queensland Graingrowers' Association from 1963 to 1966.[1]

McVeigh won the seat of Darling Downs for the National Country Party at the 1972 election. He was appointed Minister for Housing and Construction in the Fraser government in November 1980. In May 1982, he was moved to the portfolio of Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment and held that position to the defeat of the government at the 1983 election. In 1984, with the abolition of the seat of Darling Downs, McVeigh followed most of his constituents into the new Division of Groom, which he held until his resignation in February 1988.[1]

He is the father of John McVeigh, the former Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba South, and the current member of the federal seat of Groom.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Biography for McVeigh, the Hon. Daniel Thomas". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
  2. "Political son takes reins in seat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ray Groom
Minister for Housing and Construction
1980–1982
Succeeded by
Ralph Hunt (construction)
Preceded by
Ian Wilson
Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
1982–1983
Succeeded by
Barry Cohen
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Reginald Swartz
Member for Darling Downs
1972–1984
Division abolished
New division Member for Groom
1984–1988
Succeeded by
Bill Taylor


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