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Maurice Hynes

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Maurice Hynes
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Townsville
In office
12 May 1923 – 27 March 1939
Preceded byWilliam Green
Succeeded byGeorge Keyatta
Personal details
Born
Maurice Patrick Hynes

(1886-09-29)29 September 1886
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Died27 March 1939(1939-03-27) (aged 52)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
Political partyLabor
SpouseMargaret Josephine Hennessey (m.1907 d.1964)
OccupationTrade union organiser, labourer

Maurice Patrick "Mossy"[1] Hynes (29 September 1886 – 27 March 1939) was an Australian politician.

He worked in northern and western Queensland as a railway worker, stockman and waterfront labourer before moving to Mackay where he became a sugar industry worker.

He was the Labor member for Townsville in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1923 to 1939. He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in William Forgan Smith's government.[2]

Hynes died in 1939. He was accorded a state funeral[3] which proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hynes, Maurice Patrick (1885–1939)Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "DEATH OF MINISTER FOR LABOUR". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ Hynes, Maurice Patrick Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Townsville
1923–1939
Succeeded by