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Mr James Mark MINAHAN (1872 - 1941)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1872
Place of Birth: County Clare, Ireland
Date of Death: 11/10/1941
Place of Death: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 21 Dec 1925 22 Apr 1934 8 years 4 months 2 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 21 December 1925
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Nominee to the Legislative Council; federal Labor in 1930's. Brother of Patrick Joseph Minahan.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Boot manufacturer. Arrived in New South Wales in c.1883; worked in Government Printing Office; later with his brother, boot manufacturer; owned property in Waverley.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Patrick Minahan, bootmaker, and Mary Murphy. Married Mary Ellen Killeen in c.1900 and had issue, 3 daughters and 1 son. Funeral at Randwick cemetery from Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Woollahra.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.