Coyne, John Henry
Personal
Birth Date:
16 January 1865 (Melbourne, Victoria)
Death Date:
12 June 1926 (Townsville, Queensland)
Parents:
John Henry Coyne and Margaret (nee Ryan)
Family:
Mary Elizabeth Gordon (nee Heath) on 22 March 1894 at Cunnamulla, 2 sons, 2 daughters
Career
Bushworker and shearer, Charleville; Organiser, Western Queensland Australian Workers' Union; President, The Worker (journal) Board
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Warrego | 5 Feb 1908 | 31 Jul 1923 |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Secretary for Public Lands | 16 Dec 1920 | 2 Jul 1923 |
Minister without Office | 12 Nov 1920 | 16 Dec 1920 |
Secretary for Public Lands | 22 Oct 1919 | 12 Nov 1920 |
Secretary for Railways | 13 Oct 1916 | 30 Apr 1918 |
Chairman of Committees | 15 Jul 1915 | 12 Oct 1916 |
Additional Information
Notes:
President, Australian Labor Federation, Queensland (6 years). Representative, Australian Workers' Union at pastoral conferences. President, strike committee, 1912. Chairman, Queensland War Council. Member, Queensland Land Court, 1923-1926. Received State funeral
Sources:
Portrait sourced from Labour Governments of Queensland, 1915; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Hughes, Colin A and BD Graham, Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964, (Canberra: ANU, Department of Political Science, 1974)
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 14 June 2017]