Background
He was born at Wollar to John Gleeson and Catherine Anne Lane.
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Thomas Gleeson
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He was educated at Wyaldra, Yarraman and Grass Tree Vale, and held a number of jobs in rural New South Wales, including mail runner and taxi driver.
Career
From around 1925 he farmed at Tambar Springs, eventually focusing on wheat. In 1959 he was expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, and he was a driving force behind the establishment of the Independent Labor Group of like-minded MLCs, which he led from 1961 to 1975. Gleeson died at Umina in 1975.
Membership
From the 1940s he was a member of the Australian Labor Party, and in 1946 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member.
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Born
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Nationality
Australian -
Political Party
The Australian Labor Party