Thomas Francis Mead (4 May 1918 – 22 January 2004) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Hurstville for the Liberal Party.
Mead gained the seat of Hurstville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly after the 1965 election winning it from the Labor Party representative, Bill Rigby.
Mead retained the seat for four terms until the 1976 election at which time Kevin Ryan led the return to Labor.
[1] Mead worked extensively as a journalist culminating with a position in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery for ten years.
He worked as a special writer and music critic for The Daily Telegraph from 1952 until 1955 and became chief of staff from 1955 until 1961.