Thomas Bridson Cribb

The Hon
Thomas Bridson Cribb
20th Treasurer of Queensland
In office
1 February 1901 – 17 September 1903
Preceded byRobert Philp
Succeeded byWilliam Kidston
ConstituencyIpswich
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Ipswich
In office
21 March 1896 – 27 August 1904
Preceded byJames Wilkinson
Succeeded byWilliam Maughan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
23 May 1893 – 13 March 1896
In office
14 June 1913 – 4 September 1913
Personal details
Born(1845-12-01)1 December 1845
London, England
Died4 September 1913(1913-09-04) (aged 67)
Southport, Queensland
Resting placeIpswich General Cemetery
Political partyMinisterial
SpouseMarian Lucy Foote (m.1874 d.1932)
RelationsJames Clarke Cribb (brother), Benjamin Cribb (father), Robert Cribb (uncle), John Clarke Foote (father-in-law), James Foote (uncle-in-law)
OccupationMerchant, Banker, Newspaper proprietor

Thomas Bridson Cribb (1 December 1845 – 4 September 1913) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life

Thomas Bridson Cribb was born on 1 December 1845 in London, England, the son of Benjamin Cribb and his wife Elizabeth (née Bridson).[1] He immigrated with his parents on the Chaseley arriving in Moreton Bay in May 1849.[2]

He was educated privately and was one of the foundation scholars at Ipswich Boys' Grammar School.[1][3]

He was a partner in the family retail business, Cribb & Foote[4]

Thomas Bridson Cribb and Marion Lucy née Foote on their wedding day, 3 June 1874. The bride appears to be in mourning clothes, probably for the death of Benjamin Cribb (Thomas's father) who died in March 1874.

On 3 June 1874, he married Marian Lucy Foote, daughter of John Clarke Foote (his father's business partner in Cribb & Foote).[5]

The Cribb and Foote families were active in Queensland politics, with Thomas's father Benjamin Cribb, his uncle Robert Cribb, his brother James Clarke Cribb, his wife's father John Clarke Foote and his wife's uncle James Foote all member of the Queensland Parliament.

Politics

Cribb was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 23 May 1893. Although a lifetime appointment, he resigned on 13 March 1896 to stand for election for the Legislative Assembly in the 1896 election.[6]

As a Ministerialist, Cribb represented the electoral district of Ipswich in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 21 March 1896, holding the seat through the 1899 and 1902 elections. From 1 February 1902 to 17 September 1903, he served as the Treasurer of Queensland. As Treasurer, he introduced income tax in Queensland in December 1902 with the Income Tax Act 1902. The tax was very unpopular, leading to Cribb being defeated in the 1904 election on 27 August by Labor candidate William Ryott Maughan.[3][6]

Cribb contested Ipswich again in the 1907 election but was unsuccessful.[1]

Cribb was re-appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 14 June 1913, but he was already suffering ill-health and died 3 months later on 4 September 1913.[6]

Later life

Cribb died on 4 September 1913 at his residence at Southport, Queensland, following an illness of some duration.[1] His funeral was conducted at his home town of Ipswich[4] and proceeded to the Ipswich General Cemetery.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cribb, Thomas Bridson". Re-Member Database. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ^ "C" (PDF). Index to Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals 1848-1912. Queensland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Cribb, Thomas Bridson (1845–1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre for Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Death of the Hon. J. B. Cribb". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1913. p. 4. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. ^ Unidentified (1874), Thomas Bridson Cribb and Marion Lucy (nee Foote) on their wedding day, June 1874, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, archived from the original on 21 November 2023, retrieved 22 March 2014
  6. ^ a b c "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  7. ^ Congregational B Section Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Ipswich
1896–1904
Served alongside: Alfred Stephenson, James Blair 		Succeeded by