Thomas Waddell

Treasurer   10.4.1901 - 14.6.1904
(See Ministry No.30  28.3.1901 - 14.6.1904)

Premier & Colonial Treasurer   15.6.1904 - 29.8.1904
(Waddell Ministry No.31  15.6.1904 - 29.8.1904)

Colonial Treasurer   2.10.1907 - 20.10.1910
(Wade Ministry No. 33  2.10.1907 - 20.10.1910)

Born Monoghan, Northern Ireland 1854, youngest son of John Jackson and Ann.

Arrived in Colony with parents 1855,

Educated Collector and Goulburn High schools.

Clerk of Petty Sessions at Collector, stock dealer, pastoralist, various directorships, and contributor on financial matters. 

Represented Bourke 1887-1891, 1891-1894, Cobar 1894- 1898, Cowra 1898-1904, Belubula 1904-1913, Lyndhurst 1913-1917. 

Premier and Colonial Treasurer 1904 ‘his word is taken when another politician’s oath would not be believed.’

He retired from political life in 1934.

Married Elizabeth James 1887. Four sons and four daughters.

Died 25 October 1940 at his residence, 91 Milton Street, Ashfield aged 86 years, and cremated with Presbyterian form at Rookwood Crematorium.

Waddell was survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters.