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Mr Michael Joseph CONNINGTON (1873 - 1930)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1873
Place of Birth: Roscommon, Ireland
Date of Death: 03/12/1930
Place of Death: Putney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 25 Jul 1917 03 Dec 1930 13 years 4 months 9 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917.
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Early member of Political Labor League, member of central executive 1911- 1912
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Union secretary. Arrived in Australia at an early age. Educated at Marist Brothers' College, Darlinghurst; traveller for Sydney firm; also in New Zealand; secretary before 1904 of Trolley Draymen and Carters' union and representative on Wage Board; industrial advocate from 1915; member of Necessary Commodities Commission in 1916; chairman of Commonwealth Shipbuilding Tribunal from 1918 until 1923; life member of Federated Clerks' Union.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Michael Connington, contractor. Married Hannah Culting in 1903 and had issue, 2 daughters and 4 sons. Roman Catholic. Buried in Roman Catholic cemetery at Rookwood.
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.