Thomas Butterfield

[1] In September 1925 he opened the Department of Agriculture's Pavilion at the Wayville show grounds when His Excellency the Governor General (Lord Forster).

T. Butterfield), who had insisted that the best structure possible in the financial circumstances should be provided.In the State election held on 10 February 1912, Thomas Butterfield was given Labor Party endorsement for the three Member House of Assembly District of Flinders, but he and his colleague, one of the sitting members were defeated.

In the 1916 Party plebiscite for the endorsement of three candidates for the Senate, a record 10,321 ballot papers were returned resulting in the election of Frank Lundie (A.W.U.

In the by-election held on 12 May 1917, caused by his resignation from Newcastle to contest the Senate election, the vacancy went to the Anti-Labor Candidate, Edward Twopeny.

In 1922 Thomas, while still a member of the House of Assembly, contested the plebiscite for the Federal House of Representatives seat of Grey, which finally went to Andrew Lacey, who succeeded in defeating the sitting member, Alexander Poynton who had held the seat from 1903 until 1917.

(Gunn Government 1924) He was responsible for the re-organization of the instructorship of the branch of the Agriculture Department, establishment of the Dairy Dept.

After Johnberg a home was bought at Athelstone and a farm in the Mallee with son Jack running it.