--- title: "Thomas Emerson: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What Thomas Emerson has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/thomas-emerson" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Kurrajong](https://politics.computer/seats/act/kurrajong) ![Thomas Emerson](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasEmerson2021.png?width=320) Independent ACT Legislative Assembly # Thomas Emerson Member for [Kurrajong](https://politics.computer/seats/act/kurrajong) About ## About Thomas Emerson Thomas Emerson is an Independent member for the seat of Kurrajong in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, serving since October 2024\. He previously led Independents for Canberra, a party he co-founded in January 2024, and resigned from it in February 2025\. Before entering parliament he worked as an advisor to senator David Pocock. Born 1993 Education Philosophy degree, Australian National University, 2017 First elected 2024 ACT election, as an Independents for Canberra candidate Previous party role Leader of Independents for Canberra, January 2024 to February 2025 Before parliament Advisor to senator David Pocock Father Craig Emerson, former federal Minister for Small Business and Minister for Trade and Competitiveness Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%5FEmerson%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What Thomas Emerson spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow Thomas Emerson's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=205986345938813) ## Other Independent members of the ACT Legislative Assembly - [ **Fiona Carrick** Independent, Murrumbidgee ](https://politics.computer/mp/fiona-carrick) - [ **Leanne Castley** Independent, Yerrabi ](https://politics.computer/mp/leanne-castley) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasEmerson2021.png). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the ACT Legislative Assembly on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.