Mr Edward John KAVANAGH (1871 - 1956)

Date of Birth: 30/10/1871
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 10/10/1956
Place of Death: Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Jul 1912	22 Apr 1934	21yr(s) 9mth(s)	Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 29 March 1912
Vice-President of Executive Council and Representative of Government	21 Apr 1920	20 Dec 1921	1yr(s) 7mth(s) 30day(s)
Vice-President of Executive Council and Representative of Government	20 Dec 1921	13 Apr 1922	3mth(s) 25day(s)
Minister for Labor	20 Dec 1921	13 Apr 1922	3mths 25days	Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life.

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive from 1907 until 1910

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Union official. Educated at Marist Brothers' College, Sydney; worked on a coastal vessel, trading to islands, joined Cooks and Steward's Union; soon afterwards employed in tailoring trade, member of Pressers' Union which he helped to organise, holding all offices, delegate to Clothing Trades' Council, to the Trades and Labor Council (TLC), executive member from 1900 until 1918, president from 1905 until 1906, member of Eight Hour Day committee; delegate to Trade Union Anti-Conscription conference in 1916 and to Federal Grand Council of Labor in 1915 and 1916; arrested during 1917 strike; member of Board of Trade from 1918 until 1926; deputy industrial commissioner from 1926 until 1931, industrial advocate from 1931 until 1937; Apprenticeship and Conciliation Commissioner of New South Wales from 1937 until 1941; director of labor in Commonwealth Ministry of Munitions from 1941 until 1945; supporter of Homes for Consumptives; government representative of Senate of University of Sydney from 1913 until 1916; noted boxer in youth.

Personal

Son of William Kavanagh, publican and Irish Migrant, and Ellen Carty. Married Agnes Jane Cousins on 31 December 1894 and had issue, 3 daughters and 3 sons. Church of England rites.

Additional Information

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