Thomas Bavister
Thomas Bavister | |
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| Member for Canterbury (NSW Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 17 June 1891 – 25 June 1894 | |
| Member for Ashfield (NSW Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 17 June 1894 – 5 June 1895 | |
| Member for Ashfield (NSW Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 24 July 1895 – 8 July 1898 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1850 |
| Died | 2 January 1923 (aged 72) |
| Spouse | Harriet Green |
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Thomas Bavister (18 June 1850 – 2 January 1923) was an English-born Australian bricklayer, union official and politician.
Bavister was a qualified bricklayer from a working-class background and active in trade union affairs. He emigrated to Australia in 1883 and maintained his involvement in trade union organisations and working for workers' rights and conditions. In June 1891 Bavister was amongst the initial group of Labor Party members elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He represented the electorates of Canterbury and Ashfield from 1891 to July 1898, as a member of the Labor Electoral League in his first term, and later as a free trade supporter or independent Labor member after refusing to sign Labor's caucus solidarity pledge.