Henry Ryan (politician)

Henry Joseph Ryan (1873 – 17 January 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Henry Ryan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Cook
In office
22 May 1915 – 11 May 1929
Preceded byHenry Douglas
Succeeded byJames Kenny
Personal details
Born
Henry Joseph Ryan

1873
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died17 January 1943 (aged 70)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
Political partyLabor
SpouseKate Butler (m.1898)
OccupationBusinessman

Biography

Ryan was born at Ballarat, Victoria, the son of Thomas Ryan and his wife Margaret (née O'Brien). He was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Ballarat[1] and on arrival in North Queensland took up mining. After his political career he was a businessman in Brisbane.[2]

On 4 May 1898 he married Kate Butler in Gympie and together had one son.[1] Ryan died in Brisbane in January 1943[2] and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Ryan was heavily involved in the trade union movement and was associated with Ted Theodore amongst others in the Australian Workers' Association of Queensland. He was a delegate at the 1913 Rockhampton conference when the AWA was absorbed into the Australian Workers' Union.[2]

He entered state politics at the 1915 Queensland state election when he won the seat of Cook for the Labor Party.[4] Ryan defeated the sitting member for Cook, Henry Douglas of the Queensland Liberal Party,[5] after previously standing unsuccessfully against him at the 1912 state election.[6]

Ryan represented Cook for fourteen years before being defeated by James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party in 1929.[7]

References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. "The Telegraph (Brisbane, QLD. : 1872 - 1947) - 18 Jan 1943 - p3". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1943. p. 3 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Deceased Search – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 772. Queensland, Australia. 18 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Douglas, Henry Alexander Cecil – Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  6. "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier. No. 16, 940. Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "COUNTRY SEATS". Sunday Mail. No. 472. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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