Mr Daniel CLYNE (1879 - 1965)

Date of Birth: 28/12/1879
Place of Birth: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 28/08/1965
Place of Death: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	8 Oct 1927	6 Feb 1956	28yr(s) 3mth(s) 30day(s)		Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Member for King	8 Oct 1927	18 Sep 1930	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)
Member for King	25 Oct 1930	18 May 1932	1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s)	29th (1930 - 1932)
Member for King	11 Jun 1932	12 Apr 1935	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s)	30th (1932 - 1935)
Member for King	11 May 1935	24 Feb 1938	2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s)	31st (1935 - 1938)
Member for King	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Member for King	10 May 1941	24 Apr 1944	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for King	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for King	3 May 1945	22 May 1950	5yr(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for King	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)
Member for King	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	28 May 1941	27 May 1947	5yr(s) 11mth(s) 30day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Branch secretary; member of the central executive.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Railway worker and union official. Educated in convent and public schools; farm hand; employee of the New South Wales Railway Service, as a labourer, fettler, then ganger at Dunedoo, Emu Plains and Sydney from 1914 until 1917, Daniel Clyne became an active member of the Australian Railways Union, but was dismissed from service for taking part in the strike of 1917. Working his way up through the union movement, Clyne served as President of the Federal Storemen and Packers' Union between 1927 and 1957. As an energetic member of the Labor Party, he became a Branch Secretary and a member of the Party's Central Executive between 1918 and 1919 and again between 1923 and 1925. Elected to the Legislative Assembly as the Member for King in 1927, his strong ties with local constituents ensured that he won the seat of King on ten consecutive occasions. He continued in his commitment to improving working conditions even after his election to Parliament through his development of a set of safety regulations to govern the rapidly expanding building industry. A popular figure within the Parliament, Clyne was elected to the office of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 1941 without opposition. As Speaker, Clyne was considered to be impartial in his rulings and he developed a reputation for treating Members with great fairness.

Personal

Son of Daniel Clyne, farmer, and Eliza Lynch, Irish migrants. Married Mary Bradley on 2 October 1907 and had issue, one son and one daughter. Funeral at Penrith cemetery, Kingswood from St Francis Xaviour Roman Catholic church at Ashbury.

Additional Information

Text from the book: 'The Presiding Officers of the Parliament of New South Wales', Sydney, 1995

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