John Stanislaus Hanlon

The Hon
Jack Hanlon
John (Jack) Stanislaus Hanlon
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
19 February 1920 – 23 March 1922
Personal details
Born John Stanislaus Hanlon
(1883-11-16)16 November 1883
Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Died 13 September 1949(1949-09-13) (aged 65)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor
Spouse(s) Mary Cotter (m.1908)
Occupation Journalist, newspaper editor

John Stanislaus "Jack" Hanlon (16 November 1883 – 13 September 1949) was a journalist and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Early life

Hanlon was born at Creswick, Victoria, to Christopher Hanlon and was educated at Creswick State School, and St. Patrick's College, Ballarat.[1] He began work as a journalist, first in Ballarat, and then in Perth, Western Australia where he founded the Western Australian branch of the Australian Journalists' Association. By 1915, Hanlon was in Brisbane and began a long association with The Worker newspaper.[1]

In February 1908, Hanlon married Mary Cotter and together they had 2 children.[1]

Political career

When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917,[2] Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the Council.[3] The Council, however, continued to reject the government's money bills and in 1918 Ryan advised Goold-Adams to appoint additional Labour members, but this time he refused the request.[3]

In 1920, the new Premier Ted Theodore appointed a further fourteen new members to the Council[4] with Hanlon amongst the appointees.[1] He served for two years until the Council was abolished in March 1922.[1]

After politics

Hanlon continued his work with The Worker for another 20 years and becoming its editor.[5] In 1921, while serving in the Council, Hanlon was made a member of the University of Queensland senate, holding the role until 1943.[1] Hanlon moved to Sydney in 1943 to continue his work as an editor, this time with The Australian Worker newspaper.[5] His final appointment came in 1945 when he was made a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, serving until his death four years later.[1]

Hanlon died of pneumonia in Sydney in September 1949.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "TWO HOUSES, NOT ONE". The Brisbane Courier. 7 May 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858–1920) Archived 18 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 20 February 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 10 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 "Death of Jack Hanlon LIFETIME". The Worker. Brisbane. 19 September 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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