Mr Reginald John Francis COADY (1918 - 1977)**

  • Date of Birth: 28/05/1918
  • Place of Birth: Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 13/05/1977
  • Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly20 Mar 195419 Oct 197319yr(s) 6mth(s) 30day(s)
Member for Leichhardt20 Mar 19546 Feb 19561yr(s) 10mth(s) 18day(s)
37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Leichhardt3 Mar 195616 Feb 19592yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)
38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for Leichhardt21 Mar 19595 Feb 19622yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)
39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Drummoyne3 Mar 196231 Mar 19653yr(s) 29day(s)
40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Drummoyne1 May 196523 Jan 19682yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)
41st (1965 - 1968)
Member for Drummoyne24 Feb 196813 Jan 19712yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)
42nd (1968 - 1971)
Member for Drummoyne13 Feb 197119 Oct 19732yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)
43rd (1971 - 1973)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Leichhardt branch, federal and state electorate councils.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Ledgerkeeper. Educated at St Fiacre's Convent, Leichhardt, and Patrician Brothers, Forest Lodge; undertook a commercial course at business college; ledgerkeeper for Tooheys Limited, chief clerk when elected to Parliament; councillor of Federated Clerks' Union, New South Wales Branch; delegate to Labor Council of New South Wales and Australian Council of Trades Union; active in Leichhardt Red Cross Society; Police Boys Club; Catholic Hibernian Society; Holy Name Choral Society; St Vincent de Paul Society


Personal

Son of John Patrick Coady, carter, and Annie Maria Foley. Unmarried. Roman Catholic. Burial at Roman Catholic Cemetery from St Fiacre's Roman Catholic Church at Leichhardt.


Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1. Reginald Francis John Coady - papers ca., 1953 - 1973 (MLMSS 3614); 2 . Reginald Francis John Coady - further papers ca., 1946 - 1977 (MLMSS 7330); photographs in the PICMAN Database.



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