Thomas Joseph Byrnes

The Honourable Thomas Joseph Byrnes
12th Premier of Queensland
In office 13 April 1898 – 27 September 1898
Preceded by	Sir Hugh Nelson
Succeeded by	James Dickson
Constituency	Warwick
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cairns
In office 29 April 1893 – 4 April 1896
Preceded by	Frederick Wimble
Succeeded by	Isidor Lissner
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick
In office 4 April 1896 – 27 September 1898
Preceded by	Arthur Morgan
Succeeded by	Arthur Morgan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 12 August 1890 – 13 March 1893
Personal details
Born	(1860-11-11)11 November 1860 Spring Hill, Queensland
Died	27 September 1898(1898-09-27) (aged 37) Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Ministerialist
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Barrister

Thomas Joseph Byrnes (11 November 1860 – 27 September 1898) was an Australian politician and barrister. He was Premier of Queensland from April 1898 until his death in September of the same year, having previously served in several ministerial positions in his parliamentary career.^[1] He was the first Roman Catholic Premier of Queensland and the first to die in office.