Tom Freestone

{{short description|American politician}}

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|state_senate1 = Arizona

|district1 = 30th

|term_start1 = January 1997

|term_end1 = January 2001

|predecessor1 = Jay Blanchard

|successor1 = Larry Chesley

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|7|15}}{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12245/tom-freestone#.XNovV_ZFwjY |title=Tom Freestone's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=May 13, 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240528095636/https://www.webcitation.org/78LziSdbZ?url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12245/tom-freestone#.XNovV_ZFwjY |url-status=live |archivedate=May 28, 2024}}

|birth_place = Mesa, Arizona

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|party = Republican

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Tom Freestone is a former member of the Arizona State Senate. He served in the Senate from January 1997 through January 2001, representing the 30th District.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|vii}} Freestone also worked as a county supervisor from 1978 to 1992. He worked as a judge pro tem after leaving the senate.{{cite web | url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert/2014/04/10/gilbert-freestone-park-25-year-jubilee-fetes-freestone-family/7549397/ | title=Gilbert Freestone Park's 25-year jubilee fetes family }}

Personal life

Freestone's father Bert served as a Mesa city councilor in the 1950s and 60s.{{cite web | url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert/2014/04/10/gilbert-freestone-park-25-year-jubilee-fetes-freestone-family/7549397/ | title=Gilbert Freestone Park's 25-year jubilee fetes family }}

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