australian labor party politicians
Harry Scott Bennett
australian labor party politicians | victoria (australia) state politiciansHarry Scott Bennett (1 June 1877 – 24 May 1959), originally Henry Gilbert Bennett, was an Australian socialist speaker and organiser. He was born in Chilwell, Victoria and died in Sydney.
He was MLA for Ballarat West, Victoria for the Australian Labour Party 1904-1907.
Judy Hughes
1947 births | australian labor party politicians | living people | members of the western australian legislative assembly | western australian politiciansJudith "Judy" Hughes née Verhagen (born April 28, 1959) in Subiaco, Western Australia Western Australia is an Australian politician. She has been an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2005, representing the electorate of Kingsley.
Joseph Fitzgerald
1912 births | 1985 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for phillip | members of the australian senate | members of the australian senate for new south walesJoseph Francis Fitzgerald (6 February 1912 – 1 November 1985) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended Catholic schools before becoming a public servant with the Department of Social Services. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Phillip. He held the seat until his defeat in 1955. In 1961, he was elected to the Senate, where he remained until 1974. Fitzgerald died in 1985.
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Bob Kucera
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Robert "Bob" Charles Kucera was born November 16, 1944 in Cardiff in Wales. He has been a Labor and now Independent member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Yokine after winning the seat in the 2001 election defeating Kim Hames.
John Lynch (Australian politician)
1862 births | 1941 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for werriwa | nationalist party of australia politiciansJohn Lynch (1862 – 15 June 1941) was an Australian politician. Born in Young, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a road contractor and dam sinker. He also selected land at Thuddingra. In 1914, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Werriwa, defeating Liberal MP Alfred Conroy. Lynch was one of the Labor members who followed Prime Minister Billy Hughes when he left the Labor Party in 1916 and formed the Nationalist Party with the Liberals. Lynch won re-election as a Nationalist in 1917 but was defeated in 1919 by Labor's Hubert Lazzarini. He became a farmer and rural writer before his death in 1941.
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Thomas Williams (Australian politician)
1897 births | 1992 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for robertsonThomas Francis Williams (7 April 1897 – 1992) was an Australian politician.
Born in Young, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools and then the University of Sydney. He became a barrister in 1923. In 1943 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Robertson, defeating sitting UAP member Eric Spooner. He held the seat until 1949, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate Roger Dean. Williams returned to law and died in 1992.
John Dooley
1883 births | 1961 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian senate | members of the australian senate for new south wales | members of the cabinet of australiaJohn Braidwood Dooley (11 November 1883 – 2 August 1961) was an Australian politician who was elected to the Australian Senate.
Dooley was born at Tumbarumba, New South Wales and educated at Wagga Wagga Superior Public School and at Courabyra, but left school early to become a shearer and miner. From 1901 to 1904 he was as an organizer of the Rural Workers' Union. In 1910 when he was a labourer on railways in Sydney, he helped establish the Railway Workers' and General Labourers' Association, which he helped merge into the Australian Workers' Union in 1916. He later worked as a foreman in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and on Burrinjuck Dam.
William Bourke
1913 births | 1981 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for fawknerWilliam Meskill "Bill" Bourke (2 June 1913 - 22 May 1981), was an Australian politician.
Bourke was elected to the Australian House of Representatives seat of Fawkner at the 1949 election representing the Australian Labor Party. He was expelled from the Labor Party in 1955 for belonging to the Industrial Groups (Groupers) and joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), later renamed the Democratic Labor Party. He was defeated at the 1955 election by Peter Howson.
William Riordan
1908 births | 1973 deaths | australian labor party politicians | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for kennedy | members of the cabinet of australiaWilliam James Frederick "Bill" Riordan (8 February 1908 – 15 January 1973) was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.
Riordan was born in Chillagoe, Queensland, son of William James Riordan (a member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1917 to 1923) and nephew of Darby Riordan (member for Kennedy from 1929 to 1936) and Ernest Riordan (a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1936). He was educated at state schools at Chillagoe, Mareeba and Gordonvale and at Brisbane Grammar School. He worked in the Queensland Department of Justice and then became secretary to his father when he was appointed to the Industrial Court of Queensland in 1933.
Political career
On the death of his uncle Darby Riordan in 1936 he won the subsequent by-election for the Australian Labor Party and held the seat until his retirement before the 1966 election.Shayne Neumann
australian labor party politicians | living people | members of the australian house of representatives | members of the australian house of representatives for blairShayne Kenneth Neumann is an Australian politician. He is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Blair.
Neumann won the Queensland based seat of Blair for the Labor Party from the Liberal Party at the 2007 federal election. It was one of a number of Labor gains at that election which propelled the party from opposition to government.
