Fintan Patrick Walsh | |
Order1: | 3rd President of the Federation of Labour |
Term Start1: | 17 October 1952 |
Term End1: | 16 May 1963 |
Vicepresident1: | Bill Fox (1952-59) Tom Skinner (1959-63) |
Predecessor1: | Alec Croskery |
Successor1: | Tom Skinner |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1894 |
Birth Place: | Pātūtahi, New Zealand |
Death Date: | 16 May 1963 |
Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Birthname: | Patrick Tuohy |
Party: | Labour |
Otherparty: | Communist (1920-24) |
Children: | 1 |
Occupation: | Seaman |
Fintan Patrick Walsh (13 August 1894 - 16 May 1963) was a notable New Zealand seaman, trade unionist and farmer. He was born in Pātūtahi, Poverty Bay, on the East Coast of New Zealand in 1894, and died in Wellington in 1963.
Fintan Patrick Walsh was born Patrick Tuohy at Pātūtahi, Poverty Bay, on 13 August 1894, one of eleven children of farming parents Andrew Tuohy and his wife, Hannah O'Sullivan, both born in Ireland. He was raised a Catholic but reportedly discarded his faith when he became an adult.
He was a founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand.[1] Walsh was president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour between 1953 and 1963.[2]
In 1953, Walsh was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[3]
He died in Wellington on 16 May 1963.[4] Though he never married he was survived by a daughter.