Thomas Bakhap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
About Thomas Bakhap
- Thomas Jerome Kingston Bakhap (29 October 1866 – 18 August 1923) was an Australian politician.
- He was born in Ballaarat, Victoria, the adoptive son of a Chinese immigrant, Bak Hap.
- He received no formal education but became a shopworker, and was later a tin miner at Lottah, Tasmania.
- In 1909, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Bass.
- In 1913, he transferred to federal politics, winning a Tasmanian Senate seat as a member of the Commonwealth Liberal Party.
- He was Chairman of Committees from July 1920 to June 1923.
- Bakhap died in August 1923; John Hayes was appointed to replace him. Bakhap was fluent in Chinese.
- He advocated for the Chinese community when Chinese Australians encountered problems arising from the application of the White Australia Policy.
- He visited China in 1922.
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