Jim Maloney | |
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Australian Minister to the Soviet Union | |
In office 5 November 1943 – 12 August 1946 | |
Preceded by | Bill Slater |
Succeeded by | Noël Deschamps |
Minister for Labour and Industry | |
In office 15 March 1956 – 13 May 1965 | |
Premier |
Joseph Cahill Bob Heffron Jack Renshaw |
Preceded by | Abe Landa |
Succeeded by | Eric Willis |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
In office 13 August 1941 – 16 February 1972 | |
Preceded by | Frank Wall |
Succeeded by | Ted Humphries |
Personal details | |
Born | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 26 June 1901
Died | 28 January 1982 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 80)
Political party | Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
James Joseph Maloney (26 June 1901 [1] – 28 January 1982) was an Australian Labor politician and diplomat.
He was born in Goulburn to baker James Moloney and Mary Ann Pickels. He was educated locally and became a messenger boy, subsequently moving to Sydney to become a bootmaker. On 19 April 1924 he married Emily Dent, with whom he had four children. [2]
He had joined the Labor Party and the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation in 1915; he was New South Wales secretary of the union from 1932 to 1943, federal president from 1936 to 1940 and federal secretary from 1940 to 1943.
He was also a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1927 to 1943, an executive member from 1930 to 1943, and president from 1940 to 1943.
From 1941 to 1972 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; during this period he was a Minister without Portfolio from 1954 to 1956 and Minister for Labour and Industry from 1956 to 1965. From 1966 to 1971 he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition. [3]
Prime Minister John Curtin appointed him the Australian Minister to the Soviet Union between December 1943 and February 1946. [4] He was granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council to take up this post.
Maloney died at Kogarah in 1982. [2]
Jim Maloney | |
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Australian Minister to the Soviet Union | |
In office 5 November 1943 – 12 August 1946 | |
Preceded by | Bill Slater |
Succeeded by | Noël Deschamps |
Minister for Labour and Industry | |
In office 15 March 1956 – 13 May 1965 | |
Premier |
Joseph Cahill Bob Heffron Jack Renshaw |
Preceded by | Abe Landa |
Succeeded by | Eric Willis |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
In office 13 August 1941 – 16 February 1972 | |
Preceded by | Frank Wall |
Succeeded by | Ted Humphries |
Personal details | |
Born | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 26 June 1901
Died | 28 January 1982 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 80)
Political party | Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
James Joseph Maloney (26 June 1901 [1] – 28 January 1982) was an Australian Labor politician and diplomat.
He was born in Goulburn to baker James Moloney and Mary Ann Pickels. He was educated locally and became a messenger boy, subsequently moving to Sydney to become a bootmaker. On 19 April 1924 he married Emily Dent, with whom he had four children. [2]
He had joined the Labor Party and the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation in 1915; he was New South Wales secretary of the union from 1932 to 1943, federal president from 1936 to 1940 and federal secretary from 1940 to 1943.
He was also a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1927 to 1943, an executive member from 1930 to 1943, and president from 1940 to 1943.
From 1941 to 1972 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; during this period he was a Minister without Portfolio from 1954 to 1956 and Minister for Labour and Industry from 1956 to 1965. From 1966 to 1971 he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition. [3]
Prime Minister John Curtin appointed him the Australian Minister to the Soviet Union between December 1943 and February 1946. [4] He was granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council to take up this post.
Maloney died at Kogarah in 1982. [2]