Date of Birth: 01/05/1898
Place of Birth: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/11/1970
Place of Death: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Acting Chairman of Committees |
05 Apr 1949 |
18 May 1949 |
1 month 14 days |
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| Acting Chairman of Committees |
16 Mar 1949 |
31 Mar 1949 |
16 days |
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| Member for Annandale |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member for Annandale |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Annandale |
04 May 1938 |
18 Apr 1941 |
2 years 11 months 15 days |
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| Member for Annandale |
11 May 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 9 months 14 days |
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| Member for Annandale |
24 Jun 1933 |
12 Apr 1935 |
1 year 9 months 20 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
24 Jun 1933 |
22 May 1950 |
16 years 10 months 29 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP) (Non communist) in 1940; member of central executive from 1947 until 1950
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Salesman. Educated at Patrician Brothers; warehouseman and commercial traveller, employed by Feldham Goothelf and Company; conciliation commissioner from 1950 until 1963; executive member of Shop Assistants Union in 1919, vice president from 1920 until 1926; director of Annandale Co-operative Building Society; trustee of Royal National Park and Rodd Island.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Glebe from 1926 until 1934, Mayor in 1933, member of Local Government Association
Personal
Son of John Gorman, master mariner, and Jennie Stewart. Married May Carney on 29 December 1934 and had issue, 2 sons. Roman Catholic. Buried in Roman Catholic cemetery at Rookwood from All Hallows Roman Catholic Church in Five Dock.
