Thomas Chataway
Thomas Chataway | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Queensland | |
| In office 1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1864 Wartling, Sussex, England |
| Died | 5 March 1925 (aged 60) Toorak, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Political party | Anti-Socialist (1907–09) Liberal (1909–13) |
| Relatives | James Vincent Chataway (brother), Gertrude Chataway (sister) |
| Occupation | Grazier |
Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (6 April 1864 – 5 March 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Wartling, Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and sugar mill-owner in New South Wales and then Queensland. He was a leader among Queensland cane growers, sitting on Mackay Council and serving as mayor in 1904. In 1906 he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it formed in 1909. Chataway was defeated in 1913, after which he became a journalist in Melbourne.
He died on 5 March 1925 (aged 60) at his home in Toorak, Victoria.