Hynes, Maurice Patrick (Mossy)
Personal
Birth Date:
29 September 1886 (Mackay, Queensland)
Death Date:
27 March 1939 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Patrick Maurice Hynes and Catherine Agnes (nee Ready)
Family:
Margaret Josephine Hennessey on 20 September 1907, 2 sons, 3 daughters
Education:
Mackay State School
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Career
Organiser, Australian Workers Union, 1918; Labourer, pastoral and sugar industries; Railway worker, stockman and waterside worker
Party Positions:
- Member, Queensland Central Executive. 1926 - 27 Mar 1939
- Delegate, ALP conference.
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | ALP | Townsville | 12 May 1923 | 27 Mar 1939 | Died in Office |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary for Labour and Industry | 17 Jun 1932 | 27 Mar 1939 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests included fishing and boxing; Vice-President, Australian Workers Union; Mr Hynes was active in the anti-conscription campaigns; President, Mackay Workers Political Organisation; Founder and President, Mackay Trades and Labor Council; Member: Australian Workers Association; and Sugar Workers Union. Northern District Secretary, Australian Workers Union, Townsville, 1920. During his term as minister, he introduced the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1923, restablishing a comprehensive arbitration system and the 44-hour working week; He also improved workers' accommodation provisions and extended unemployment relief work under award conditions
Sources:
Image sourced from C Lack, Three decades of Queensland political history, 1929-1960; Hunt, DW., 'Hynes, Maurice Patrick (1885–1939)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hynes-maurice-patrick-6785; Queensland Parliamentary Debates, Motion of Condolence, Second session of the 28th Parliament, Vol. CLXXIV, 8 Aug 1939, pp. 9-10 (Brisbane, Qld: Government Printers); The Telegraph, 'Laid to ret beside old colleague', 28 Mar 1939; The Telegraph, 'State funeral of Cabinet minister', 28 Mar 1939; The Telegraph, 'Death of Mr. Hynes, Minister for Labour', 27 Mar 1939.; Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Townsville Evening Star, 'Death of Mr. M.P. Hynes. Loss to Labor Movement', 27 Mar 1939
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