Jack Mullens
Jack Mullens | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Gellibrand | |
In office 10 December 1949 – 10 December 1955 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Hector McIvor |
Personal details | |
Born | Ballarat, Victoria | 18 July 1896
Died | 5 September 1978 Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia | (aged 82)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Labor (1937–55) Labor (A-C) (1955) |
Spouse(s) | Catherine O'Loughlin Teresa Mary Clarke |
Occupation | Teacher |
John Michael Mullens, CBE (18 July 1896 – 5 September 1978) was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, he was educated there at St Patrick's College before becoming a teacher in state schools. Having been active in the local politics of inner western Melbourne as a member of Footscray City Council, in 1937 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Footscray. He remained in the Assembly until 1945. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the new seat of Gellibrand, again as a Labor member. In 1955, together with six colleagues, he was expelled from the Labor Party and formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist). He contested Melbourne in 1955. Although he and all six of his colleagues were defeated in the elections of that year, the party itself became the Democratic Labor Party, which was instrumental in keeping Labor out of power in Canberra for twenty-three years. Mullens died in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
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