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28-1084: Tom Price may refer to: People [ edit ] Politicians [ edit ] Tom Price (South Australian politician) (1852–1909), premier of South Australia Tom Price (British politician) (1902–1973), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician Tom Price (American politician) (born 1954), former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former U.S. Representative Sportspeople [ edit ] Tom Price (cricketer) (born 2000), English cricketer Tom Price (ice hockey) (born 1954), former ice hockey player Tom Price (rower) (born 1933), Olympic gold medalist in rowing 1952 Tom Price (rugby union) (born 1993), British rugby player Tommy Price (1911–1997), British speedway rider Tom Pryce (1949–1977), 1970's Formula One Driver Other people [ edit ] Tom Price (actor) (born 1980), British actor Thomas Price (actor) , professionally known as Tom Price, Hong Kong-born actor Tom Price (judge) (born 1945), American judge, served in

56-474: A character in the 1975 TV series Survivors and the 2008 remake Tom Price, a character in the TV series Somewhere Between See also [ edit ] Thomas Price (disambiguation) Tom Pryce (1949–1977), British racing driver Thomas Tannatt Pryce (1886–1918), Victoria Cross recipient Tom ap Rhys Pryce (1974–2006), British lawyer robbed and murdered by two teenagers Topics referred to by

84-404: A primary vote of 44.8 percent, an increase of 3.5 percent. It was the world's first stable Labor government, and was so successful that, following the 1910 election , Labor, led by John Verran , formed the first of the state's many majority governments . On Price's death in 1909, Peake formed a minority government until 1910. Price introduced many reforms, including free state secondary schools,

112-422: A trip to Britain, Anne withdrew from taking an active part in public life in 1925. Price and Ann had seven children. Tom Price was an active Methodist and Freemason .   Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Since the 1970 election , marking the beginning of democratic fair representation ( one vote, one value ) and ending decades of pro-rural electoral malapportionment known as

140-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tom Price (South Australian politician) Thomas Price (19 January 1852 – 31 May 1909) served as the South Australian United Labor Party 's first Premier of South Australia . He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with increased representation at the 1906 election , serving in

168-481: Is the state's longest-serving Deputy Premier. (1892–1897) (1893–1901) (1893–1909) (1901–1917) (1905–1918) (1915–1926) (1930–1933) (1933–1946) (1918–1949) (1953–1979) (2002–2018) Note: Following the 2014 election , the Labor minority government won the 2014 Fisher by-election which took them to 24 of 47 seats and therefore majority government . Prior to

196-577: The 1910 election , just two weeks after the 1910 federal election where their federal counterparts formed Australia's first elected majority in either house in the Parliament of Australia , the world's first Labor Party majority government at a national level, and after the 1904 Chris Watson minority government the world's second Labor Party government at a national level. Known as the United Labor Party of South Australia until 1917,

224-421: The 2014 election . After losing the 2018 election , the party spent 4 years in opposition before leader Peter Malinauskas led the party to a majority victory in the 2022 election . Labor's most notable historic Premiers of South Australia include Thomas Price in the 1900s, Don Dunstan in the 1970s, John Bannon in the 1980s, and Mike Rann in the 2000s. A United Trades and Labor Council meeting with

252-536: The Playmander , Labor have won 11 of the 15 elections. Spanning 16 years and 4 terms, Labor was last in government from the 2002 election until the 2018 election . Jay Weatherill led the Labor government since a 2011 leadership change from Mike Rann . During 2013 it became the longest-serving state Labor government in South Australian history, and in addition went on to win a fourth four-year term at

280-716: The South Australian Legislative Council . A week later, Richard Hooper won the 1891 Wallaroo by-election as an Independent Labor member in the South Australian House of Assembly . McPherson won the 1892 East Adelaide by-election on 23 January, becoming the first official Labor leader and member of the House of Assembly. Prior to party creation, South Australian politics had lacked parties or solid groupings, although loose liberal and conservative blocs had begun to develop by

308-421: The 42-member lower house, with a primary vote of 41.3 percent, an increase of 22.2 percent. With the support of eight liberals headed by Archibald Peake , Price forced conservative Premier Richard Butler to resign. Price retained the premiership at the 1906 double dissolution election with an additional five Labor seats in the House of Assembly, just two short of a parliamentary majority in their own right, with

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336-1008: The Australian Labor Party at both a state/colony and federal level pre-dates, among others, both the British Labour Party and the New Zealand Labour Party in party formation, government, and policy implementation. Thirteen of the nineteen parliamentary Labor leaders have served as Premier of South Australia : Thomas Price (1905–1909), John Verran (1910–1912), Crawford Vaughan (1915–1917), John Gunn (1924–1926), Lionel Hill (1926–1927 and 1930–1931; expelled from party but continued as Premier until 1933), Frank Walsh (1965–1967), Don Dunstan (1967–1968 and 1970–1979), Des Corcoran (1979), John Bannon (1982–1992), Lynn Arnold (1992–1993), Mike Rann (2002–2011), Jay Weatherill (2011–2018) and Peter Malinauskas (2022–Present) . Robert Richards

364-568: The Council continued to be intransigent regarding its reform, and Price accepted its compromise proposal of a £17 householder franchise. Labor's left wing criticised him for the concession. The Price Government enacted a number of laws relating to social matters: the suppression of brothels and gaming, the control and care of drunkards, and the consolidation of legislation on the supply of alcohol and local option in liquor licensing. The government also achieved successive budget surpluses and reduced

392-573: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Tom Price (musician) (born 1956), American composer, arranger and conductor Places [ edit ] Tom Price, Western Australia , town named for Thomas Moore Price, a US businessman, and the highest town in Western Australia Mount Tom Price mine , a nearby iron ore mine which is the reason for the town's existence Characters [ edit ] Tom Price,

420-590: The accumulated public debt. Price suffered from diabetes but died from tuberculosis of the throat or lungs at Mount Lofty on 31 May 1909. He was given a State funeral and buried at Mitcham Cemetery . An island of the Whidby Group off the south-west coast of Eyre Peninsula had been left unnamed after Matthew Flinders ' early explorations. It was named Price Island by the Government of South Australia in his honour. A guiding light for mariners

448-636: The costly administration of the Northern Territory was surrendered to the Federal government, and reform (though limited) of the upper house. The government also attained successive budget surpluses and reduced the accumulated public debt. Tom Price was born in Brymbo , Denbighshire , Wales in 1852 to John and Jane Price. His family moved to Liverpool in 1853 where Tom grew up. Tom Price emigrated to South Australia with his family in 1883. He

476-403: The end of the 1880s. The 1893 election was the first general election Labor would stand at, resulting in liberal and conservative leaning MPs beginning to divide, additionally with unidentified groupings and independents, as well as the subsequent formation of the staunchly anti-Labor National Defence League . The voluntary turnout rate increased from 53 to 68 percent, with Labor on 19 percent of

504-617: The formation of wages boards, the institution of a minimum wage, and the establishment of the Municipal Tramways Trust through nationalisation . The costly administration of the Northern Territory was surrendered to the Federal government, and there was limited reform of the Legislative Council . Price obtained a double dissolution on the issue of the reform of the upper house. Nevertheless,

532-540: The premiership until his death in 1909. It was the world's first stable Labor government. Shortly afterwards, John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election . Achievements of the Price government included free state secondary schools, the formation of wages boards and a minimum wage, establishing the Municipal Tramways Trust through nationalisation,

560-553: The purpose of creating an elections committee was convened on 12 December 1890, and held on 7 January 1891. The elections committee was formed, officially named the United Labor Party of South Australia (unlike state Labor, prior to 1912 their federal counterparts included the 'u' in their spelling of Labour) with John McPherson the founding secretary. Four months later, Labor enjoyed immediate success, electing David Charleston , Robert Guthrie and Andrew Kirkpatrick to

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616-458: The single statewide Division of South Australia at the 1901 federal election as the second of two Labor candidates behind Lee Batchelor . The seat elected seven members, Price finished eighth with a 38.2 percent vote. Price came to power at the 1905 state election in a minority government , the Price-Peake administration , after increasing his party's representation from five to 15 in

644-424: The state's first Labor minority government and the world's first stable Labor Party government at the 1905 election with the support of several non-Labor MPs to form the Price-Peake administration , which was re-elected at the 1906 double dissolution election , with Labor falling just two seats short of a majority. So successful, John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at

672-470: The vote, and 10 Labor candidates including McPherson and Hooper were elected to the 54-member House of Assembly which gave Labor the balance of power . The Kingston liberal government was formed with the support of Labor, ousting the Downer conservative government. Kingston served as Premier for a then-record of six and a half years, usually implementing legislation with Labor support. Thomas Price formed

700-811: Was Premier in 1933 while leading the rebel Parliamentary Labor Party of MPs who had been expelled in the 1931 Labor split ; he would later be readmitted and lead the party in opposition. Bannon is Labor's longest-serving Premier of South Australia , ahead of Rann and Dunstan by a matter of weeks. Every Labor leader for more than half a century has gone on to serve as Premier. Since the position's formal introduction in 1968, seven parliamentary Labor deputy leaders have served as Deputy Premier of South Australia : Des Corcoran (1968 and 1970–1979), Hugh Hudson (1979), Jack Wright (1982–1985), Don Hopgood (1985–1992), Frank Blevins (1992–1993), Kevin Foley (2002–2011), John Rau (2011–18) and Susan Close (2022– Present). Foley

728-655: Was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for many years. After Price's death, Anne was one of four women appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1915, the first in Australia. She considered her duties as a JP an important privilege. She was invited to sit on the Bench, in an unofficial capacity, at the local court by the commissioner James George Russell , and she was the first woman to do so. Due to an accident while on

756-540: Was a stonecutter, teacher, lay preacher, businessman, stonemason and clerk-of-works. As a stonemason, Price helped to build the Parliament House of South Australia, a building he would later serve in as an elected politician. Price quickly became involved in trade union activity, and was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Sturt in April 1893, becoming Labor leader in 1899. He contested

784-650: Was also erected on the island. In 2015 a biography of Thomas Price was published and the book launch was attended by South Australian politicians from both sides of politics. At the launch, Premier Jay Weatherill labelled Price "a Labor hero". In 2019, one hundred and ten years after Price's death, a plaque was officially placed at Brownhill Creek Recreation Park in his honour. Price married Anne Elizabeth Lloyd (c.1860 – 1 September 1950) on 14 April 1881 at St David's Welsh Church of England in Liverpool . Anne played an active role in Price's election campaigns She

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