Surname: D'ALTON
Given Names: Thomas George De Largie
Title and Honours: Mr
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 8 December 1895 - Warracknabeal,
Victoria
Date of Death: 7 May 1968 - Hobart, Tasmania
House of Assembly: 9 May 1931
Electorate: Darwin (Braddon)
Party: ALP
Positions Held: Minister 1934-43
Date of Departure: 26 April 1944
Reason for Departure: Resigned.
Legislative Council: 22 November 1947
Electorate: Gordon
Party: ALP
Positions Held:
Date of Departure: 7 May 1968
Reason for Departure: Died in office.
Comments: Re-elected to LC unopposed 1952, 1958 and 1964.
Subject of Royal Commission into allegations of corruption 1946.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 413
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
