Thomas Chataway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Chataway

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1864

Place of Birth: Wartling, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1925

Profession: politician, miller, journalist, cattle rancher

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 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 in 1925 at his home in Toorak, Victoria.