Thomas Paterson

Thomas Paterson

Thomas Paterson (20 November 188224 January 1952) was an Australian farmer and politician.

Paterson was born in Aston, near Birmingham, England and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Ayr Grammar School. He became a shoe salesman in 1897 and later a branch manager, but resigned in 1908 to study farming. In November 1908, he married Elsie Jane Tyrrell and next day set out to Australia with his wife, mother, brother and cousin, where he joined two other brothers on a dairy farm at Springfield, near Romsey, Victoria.Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Political career

Paterson joined the Victorian Farmers' Union in 1916, became its president in March 1922 and in November 1922 chaired a conference that led to the creation of the Victorian Country Party. He stood unsuccessfully for the Senate in the 1919 elections and for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1920 but in 1922 elections he won the federal seat of Gippsland, defeating the Nationalist George Wise. In parliament, he campaigned for a subsidy for dairy exports to be paid for by a tax on Australian consumers and known by opponents as "Paterson's Curse" (referring to the Australian name for Echium plantagineum). £20 million were paid under this scheme between 1926 and 1933.

Paterson was Minister for Markets and Migration from June 1926 to January 1928, Minister for Markets from January to December 1928 and Minister for Markets and Transport from December 1928 to October 1929. He was deputy leader of the parliamentary Country Party from 1929 to 1937 and was acting leader for several months in 1933. He was appointed Minister for the Interior in the Lyons coalition government in November 1934. He resigned as minister and deputy party leader after the 1937 elections as the result of the controversy over the banning of Mrs Mabel Freer from Australia in 1936.

Paterson remained prominent in Country Party affairs and helped form a breakaway party from the Victorian Country Party that was loyal to the federal parliamentary Country Party in March 1938. He helped reconcile the federal and Victorian parties in 1943, but did not stand for re-election in 1943 elections. He died of coronary vascular disease at his Melbourne home, survived by his wife and elder son.

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NAME = Paterson, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian farmer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 20 November 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH = Aston, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH = 24 January 1952
PLACE OF DEATH = Melbourne


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