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Thomas Brimage

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Thomas Brimage
Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
5 September 1900 – 21 May 1906
Preceded byNone (new seat)
Succeeded byJohn Glowrey
ConstituencySouth Province
In office
22 May 1906 – 21 May 1912
Preceded byCharles Sommers
Succeeded byDick Ardagh
ConstituencyNorth-East Province
Personal details
Born(1866-07-23)23 July 1866
Ratcliff, London, England
Died25 May 1915(1915-05-25) (aged 48)
Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia

Thomas Frederick Outridge Brimage (23 July 1866 – 25 May 1915) was an Australian businessman and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1912. He was prominent in mining circles on the Eastern Goldfields before entering politics.

Early life

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Brimage was born in Ratcliff, London, England, to Emma (née Atkinson) and Thomas Brimage. He moved to Port Pirie, South Australia, as a small child, where his father became the harbour master. After leaving school, Brimage completed an engineering apprenticeship with South Australian Railways, and was then employed as a mechanical draughtsman. He moved to Western Australia in 1894, during the gold rush, and initially set up as a consulting engineer in Coolgardie. Brimage later moved to Kalgoorlie and established himself as a land agent and sharebroker. He became general manager of one major mine and a consulting engineer on several smaller ones, and also pegged out several mining claims of his own.[1]

Politics and later life

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In 1896, Brimage was elected to the East Coolgardie Road Board (renamed the Kalgoorlie Road Board in 1897). He served until 1899, including as chairman for a period. Brimage entered parliament at the 1900 Legislative Council election, winning a six-year term as one of three members for the new South Province. He transferred to North-East Province at the 1906 election, but was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1912, losing to Hal Colebatch (a future premier) in East Province. After leaving politics, Brimage worked as a hotelkeeper, living for periods in Kojonup, Katanning, Northam, and Narrogin.[2] He died in Narrogin in May 1915, aged 48, after a long illness.[3] He had married Marie Louise Reynolds in 1896, with whom he had four children.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Thomas Frederick Outridge Brimage – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ^ "MR. T. F. BRIMAGE ILL", Sunday Times, 23 May 1915.
  3. ^ "T. F. O. BRIMAGE", Narrogin Observer and Williams District Representative, 29 May 1915.