Background
He was born at Broughton Village near Gerringong to dairy farmer Thomas Binks and Mary Hetherington.
politician Gerringong alderman
He was born at Broughton Village near Gerringong to dairy farmer Thomas Binks and Mary Hetherington.
He attended public schools at Broughton Vale and Cambewarra and became a dairy farmer, serving as a Gerringong alderman from 1920 to 1929.
Binks died at Broughton Village in 1953.
From 1932 to 1952 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, first as a member of the United Australia Party and then as a Liberal.
