Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsPoliticiansHistoryThomas Maltby was born in 1890 and was educated at Camp Hill Central School until the age of 11 when he left to take three concurrent jobs. He then worked as a battery-boy in a local gold mine and studied at night for the engineer's certificate. Moving to Melbourne, Maltby worked as a tramway labourer and joined the Militia in 1912. He was appointed lieutenant , A.I.F., embarked for Egypt in 1915 and fought on the Western Front until he was wounded in 1917. On Maltby's return in 1919 he took on several jobs and was involved in numerous community affairs. In 1924 he stood unsuccessfully as a National candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong. Elected member for Barwon in a by- election in 1929, Maltby rapidly assumed parliamentary responsibilities. He was a vocal opponent of the release of the Dunera detainees and in 1941 he sat as an Independent in protest at the refusal to support the United Australia Organisation. Although Maltby was expelled from the Liberal party he was readmitted in 1946 and in 1955 he won the seat of Geelong. Maltby retired in 1961 and died in 1976.
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