Date of Birth: 22/08/1930
Place of Birth: Belmore, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 06/10/2017
Place of Death: Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Rockdale |
24 Mar 1984 |
03 Jul 1986 |
2 years 3 months 10 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
19 Sep 1981 |
05 Mar 1984 |
2 years 5 months 16 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
07 Oct 1978 |
28 Aug 1981 |
2 years 10 months 22 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
01 May 1976 |
12 Sep 1978 |
2 years 4 months 13 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
17 Nov 1973 |
02 Apr 1976 |
2 years 4 months 17 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
13 Feb 1971 |
19 Oct 1973 |
2 years 8 months 7 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
24 Feb 1968 |
13 Jan 1971 |
2 years 10 months 21 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for Rockdale |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
21 Mar 1959 |
03 Jul 1986 |
27 years 3 months 13 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). joined the party on 5 October 1952. Assistant Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Youth Council and represented the State Electoral Council, Federal Electoral Council and the Municipal Assembly.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant. Educated at St Thomas School, Lewisham and Marist Brothers, Kogarah. Clerk in Public Trust Office from 1948 until 1958; private secretary to J.F McGrath. Branch commitee for the Clerical Officers Association within the Public Service; footballer (played two years, 1950 - 1951 - President's Cup for St George).
Honours Received
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Centenary Medal.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Victor Bannon, storeman, and his wife Kathleen Wilkie. Married Janette Therese Graham, and had issue 3 daughters. Roman Catholic
