Thomas Payne (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
Date of Birth: 14-May-1862
Place of Birth: South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 29-Nov-1932
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Thomas Payne (Australian politician)
- Thomas Henry Payne (14 May 1862 – 29 November 1932) was an Australian politician. He was born in South Yarra to pioneer builder Thomas Budds Payne and Rosalie Mary Hemphill.
- He attended Geelong Grammar School and inherited his father's considerable wealth.
- Around 1894 he married Georgiana Dale Crooke, with whom he had two daughters.
- He owned land at Kilmore, where he bred cattle and sheep, but was based in Toorak.
- In 1901 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for South Yarra Province, moving to Melbourne South Province in 1904.
- A Liberal and then a Nationalist, he was a minister without portfolio from 1908 to 1909.
- Payne retired in 1928 and died in Toorak in 1932.
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