Thomas Ahearn (Australian politician)

Thomas Gipps Ahearn (6 August 1929 – 10 March 2021) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] Thomas Gipps Ahearn was born on 6 August 1929 at Nanango, Queensland, the son of Leslie Norman Ahearn and his wife Hilda Christina (née Hansen).

He was the senior chemistry master at The Southport School in 1949-1950 and in 1957 established the company TH Ahearn and Co which he ran until 1997.

[1] On 28 June 1952 he married Sonia Rochelle Davies (died 2016)[2] and together had a son and two daughters.

Ahearn held the seat for one term, losing to Harry Dean in 1960.