Thomas Heron

Thomas John Heron (14 August 1879 – 30 October 1928) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1920 until his death, representing the seat of Mount Leonora.

Thomas Heron
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
In office
14 December 1920 – 30 October 1928
Preceded byGeorge Foley
Succeeded byErnest Cowan
ConstituencyMount Leonora
Personal details
Born(1879-08-14)14 August 1879
Eldorado, Victoria, Australia
Died30 October 1928(1928-10-30) (aged 49)
West Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor

Heron was born in Eldorado, Victoria, to Isabella Ann (née Gilbertson) and Thomas Heron. He came to Western Australia in 1901, working as a miner on the Eastern Goldfields. He lived for periods in Menzies and Kookynie, and eventually became president of the Gwalia branch of the Miners' Union.[1] Heron entered parliament at the 1920 Mount Leonora by-election, caused by the resignation of George Foley. He was re-elected on another three occasions at state elections.[2] Heron collapsed and died in the reading room at Parliament House in October 1928, aged 49.[3] He had married Wilhelmina Ahrens in 1902, with whom he had three children.[1]

References
  1. Thomas John Heron – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
  3. "MR. T. J. HERON.", The West Australian, 4 October 1928.
Parliament of Western Australia
Preceded by
George Foley		 Member for Mount Leonora
1920–1928		 Succeeded by
Ernest Cowan
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