Mrs Mary Lily May QUIRK (1880 - 1952)

Date of Birth: 07/12/1880
Place of Birth: Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/03/1952
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	14 Jan 1939	22 May 1950	11yr(s) 4mth(s) 9day(s)
Member for Balmain	14 Jan 1939	18 Apr 1941	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 5day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Member for Balmain	10 May 1941	24 Apr 1944	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Balmain	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Balmain	3 May 1947	22 May 1950	3yr(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP), member ALP (Non Communist) party 1940, lost preselection 1950, stood as an Independent Labor.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Shop assistant and housewife. Educated at Rozelle Public School; commenced work as a domestic servant; shop assistant with Grace Brothers Pty Limited; member of Shop Assistants Union; Director of Sunshine Children's Homes.

Personal

Daughter of Julius Deal, farmer, and Emma Margaretta White. Married (1) John Kelly on 28 September 1898 (deceased 1926) and had issue, 3 daughters and 1 son. Married (2) John Quirk on 9 February 1927 at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Balmain. Roman Catholic. Funeral in Field of Mars cemetery from St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Rozelle.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16

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