# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:35:28.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-thomas"
name: "Josiah Thomas"
slug: "josiah-thomas"
description: "Josiah Thomas was an Australian politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the inaugural 1901 federal election, representing the Labor Party. Thomas served as a minister in Andrew Fisher's first two governments, as Postmaster-General and Minister for External Affairs (1911–1913). He joined the Nationalist Party after the 1916 Labor split and transferred to the Senate at the 1917 election, serving as a Senator for New South Wales from 1917 to 1923 and from 1925 to 1929."
tagline: "Miner and politician in New South Wales, Australia (1863-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josiah_Thomas_-_Swiss_Studios_03_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1863-04-28"
deathDate: "1933-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.97
  momentum:             4.5
  historical:           5.669798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Thomas"
    title: "Josiah Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جوزيه توماس (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جوزيه توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Thomas"
    title: "Josiah Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Thomas_(politician)"
    title: "Josiah Thomas (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Thomas_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Josiah Thomas (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump