# Geoffrey Thom

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'''Geoffrey Walter Thom''' (28 April 1910 – 16 March 1973) was an Australian politician.

Thom was born in [Geelong West](/source/Geelong%2C_Victoria) 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](/source/World_War_II) and, on his return, founded his own firm.

A member of the [Liberal and Country Party](/source/Liberal_and_Country_Party), he served on [Geelong West City Council](/source/City_of_Geelong_West) from 1946 to 1958 and was mayor from 1955 to 1957.<ref name=arch/> On 21&nbsp;June 1958, he was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council) for [South Western Province](/source/South_Western_Province_(Victoria)).<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](/source/Manifold_Heights%2C_Victoria) on 16 March 1973.<ref name=parl/>

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