Thomas Williams (New South Wales politician)

Thomas Henry Williams was an English-born Australian politician.
The son of Thomas and Mary Williams, he arrived in Victoria in 1870. He worked as a drover from Queensland through New South Wales south to Victoria, before engaging in a speculation in Western Australia that saw him lose severely. He worked his transport back to Melbourne by shearing, fencing and tank sinking. On 9 February 1889 he married Rosina Victoria Beaudoin, with whom he had eight children. He was involved in the founding of the Shearers' Union, serving as secretary of the Scone, [New South Wales|Scone] branch in 1891. In 1891 he was elected to the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] for Upper Hunter, representing the new Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]. He refused the pledge and did not contest the 1894 election. Williams died in 1953.