Thomas Ahearn (Australian politician)

Thomas Gipps Ahearn (6 August 1929 – 10 March 2021) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography
Thomas Gipps Ahearn was born on 6 August 1929 at Nanango, Queensland, the son of Leslie Norman Ahearn and his wife Hilda Christina (née Hansen). He was educated at the Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School, the Slade School, Warwick, and Toowoomba Grammar School before going on to the University of Queensland. He was the senior chemistry master at The Southport School in 1949-1950 and in 1957 established the company TH Ahearn and Co which he ran until 1997.

On 28 June 1952 he married Sonia Rochelle Davies (died 2016) and together had a son and two daughters. He died on 10 March 2021, at the age of 91.

Public career
Ahearn won the seat of Sandgate for the Liberal Party at the 1957 Queensland state election, defeating Harry Dean of the Labor Party and the sitting member, Herbert Robinson of the Queensland Labor Party. Ahearn held the seat for one term, losing to Harry Dean in 1960.