Thomas Joseph Ryan (1852 – death unknown) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.

He variously worked as a "packer, digger, shearer, butcher, fencer, drover and storekeeper".

[2] While shearing in Queensland, Ryan became involved in the nascent trade union movement, initially as shed representative.

However, he was disendorsed by the Labor Party for the 1893 election, retired from politics, and returned to being a shearer.

[4][5][6] It is not known when Ryan died but a contemporary report in the Brisbane Worker believed him to be alive in May 1917.