Fintan Patrick Walsh Explained

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.

Biography

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fintan Patrick Walsh. New Zealand History. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620075751/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/fintan-patrick-walsh. 20 June 2017. live. 20 June 2017.
  2. Book: Hobbs, Leslie . The Thirty-Year Wonders . 1967 . . Christchurch . 168 .
  3. News: Coronation Medal . Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette . 37 . 3 July 1953 . 1021–1035 . 20 March 2022.
  4. News: Fintan Patrick Walsh Dead – Colourful, Controversial Industrial Leader . . 17 May 1963 . CII . 30133 . 10 .