Mr John Montgomery DUNNINGHAM (1884 - 1938)

Date of Birth: 21/01/1884
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 26/05/1938
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	22 Sep 1928	26 May 1938	9yr(s) 8mth(s) 5day(s)
Member for Coogee	22 Sep 1928	18 Sep 1930	1yr(s) 11mth(s) 28day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)
Member for Coogee	25 Oct 1930	18 May 1932	1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s)	29th (1930 - 1932)
Member for Coogee	11 Jun 1932	12 Apr 1935	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s)	30th (1932 - 1935)
Member for Coogee	11 May 1935	24 Feb 1938	2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s)	31st (1935 - 1938)
Member for Coogee	26 Mar 1938	26 May 1938	2mth(s) 1day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Minister for Labour and Industry	16 May 1932	26 May 1938	6yr(s) 11day(s)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Bookmaker. Educated at Forest Lodge public school and St James College, Sydney; worked as a clerk, School of Arts library, then at Alex Cowan and Sons, and Australian Gas Light Company; secretary of Fitters Branch of Gas Employees Union; city mercer when married; bookmaker, treasurer of the Tattersalls Club; member of the Royal Agricultural Society; councillor of the National Roads and Motorists Association from 1932 until 1938; associated with many sporting bodies; chairman of Royal Life Saving Association; vice president of the New South Wales Rugby Union; in charge of 150th Anniversary celebrations; visited England and Europe in 1935; author in 1936.

Honours Received

Knighted posthumously

Local Government Activity

Alderman at Randwick from 1917 until 1931, Mayor from 1927 until 1928

Personal

Son of John Dunningham, labourer, and Annie Fowler, English migrants. Married Mary Agnes Britnall Hossack on 22 February 1913 and had issue 1 son. Church of England. Funeral at Waverley cemetery from St Andrew's Church of England cathedral.

Additional Information

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