Tom Gilmore Sr.

{{Short description|Australian politician (1908–1994)}}

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{{Infobox MP

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Tom Gilmore

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Tom_Gilmore.png

| constituency_MP = Leichhardt

| parliament = Australian

| majority =

| predecessor = New seat

| successor = Harry Bruce

| term_start = 10 December 1949

| term_end = 28 April 1951

| constituency_AM1 = Tablelands

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 3 August 1957

| term_end1 = 1 June 1963

| predecessor1 = Harold Collins

| successor1 = Edwin Wallis-Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1908|5|7}}

| birth_place = Wolfram, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|11|14|1908|5|7}}

| death_place = Queensland, Australia

| birthname = Thomas Vernon Gilmore

| nationality = Australian

| spouse = Anne Campbell MacDonald

| party = Country Party

| children =

| residence =

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Tobacco grower

| profession =

| relations = Tom Gilmore Jr. (son)

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}}

Thomas Vernon Gilmore Sr. (7 May 1908 – 14 November 1994) was an Australian politician.

Born in Wolfram, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane and tobacco grower at Babinda. He served in the military 1942–47.[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=920673 Service record] — World War 2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for the new seat of Leichhardt, notionally held by Labor.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-16}} He was defeated by the Labor candidate in 1951 and, after a stint in the Parliament of Queensland as the member for Tablelands (1957–1963){{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2138804404|accessdate= 25 January 2015}} retired to become a grazier and cattle-breeder.

Gilmore died in 1994 at the age of 86.