Jim Maloney (politician)
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 | 26 June 1901 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 28 January 1982 (aged 80) Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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.
Early life and career[edit]
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.
Political and diplomatic career[edit]
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.
Later life[edit]
Maloney died at Kogarah in 1982.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ This date is according to the website of the Parliament of NSW. The Australian Dictionary of Biography says he was born on 28 July 1901
- ^ a b Deery, Phillip (2012). "Maloney, James Joseph (1901–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Mr James Joseph Maloney (1901-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 6 November 1943. p. 8 – via Trove.
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