Tom Barton (politician)
Thomas Alfred Barton (11 August 1949 – 24 August 2023) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1992 to 2006 as the member for Waterford.

Life and career
Thomas Alfred Barton was born in Ayr, Queensland on 11 August 1949. He was a qualified tradesman and he enjoyed motor racing and rugby league.

Barton was a)|Minister for Environment & Heritage under the Goss government from 1995 to 1996. In the first Beattie government (1998–2001) he was Minister for Police & Corrective Services; under the second Beattie government (2001–2004), Minister for State Development; and Minister for Employment, Training & Industrial Relations in the third Beattie government (2004–2006).

Barton was also a member of the ACTU Wages Committee from 1984 to 1992 and was a founding director of Sunsuper, the largest superannuation fund in Queensland.

Barton died on 24 August 2023, at the age of 74.

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1949 births
2023 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian politicians
People from Ayr, Queensland