{{short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} '''Geoffrey Walter Thom''' (28 April 1910 – 16 March 1973) was an Australian politician.
Thom was born in Geelong West to baker William Nathaniel Walter Hamlet Thom and Lily Potter.<ref name=arch>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401031732/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1481 |title=Thom, Geoffrey Walter |date=1 April 2012}}</ref> He attended local state schools and became an accountant. On 13 April 1935, he married Doris May Cortous<ref name=arch/> and they had three children. He served in World War II and, on his return, founded his own firm.
A member of the Liberal and Country Party, he served on Geelong West City Council from 1946 to 1958 and was mayor from 1955 to 1957.<ref name=arch/> On 21 June 1958, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for South Western Province.<ref name=parl>{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile |name=Geoffrey Walter Thom |id=geoffrey-thom |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref> He was the government whip in the Council from 1964 to 1967.<ref name=arch/> Thom retired in 1970 and died at Manifold Heights on 16 March 1973.<ref name=parl/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-vic-lc}} {{s-bef|before=Don Ferguson}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for South Western | years=1958–1970 | alongside=<br>Gordon McArthur; Stan Gleeson}} {{s-aft|after=Glyn Jenkins}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thom, Geoffrey}} Category:1910 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Category:20th-century Australian politicians Category:Australian military personnel of World War II