Tom Howard (Australian politician)

Thomas Patrick Howard (13 March 1880 – 9 July 1949) was an Australian trade unionist and politician.

Howard was born in Gilbert Street, Adelaide, and educated at Christian Brothers College.

[2] He was the secretary of the Anti-Conscription Campaign in 1916, represented his union on both the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and the United Labor Party, served on the union's federal council and was a member of the Painters and Decorators' Wages Board.

[2][5] In 1918, he was elected president of the Trades and Labor Council, and in 1920 shifted to the role of its secretary, which he would hold until 1932.

[12] He died at his home in Sturt Street, Adelaide in 1949, aged 69, and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery at West Terrace.