John Grant (Australian politician) explained

John Grant
Senator for New South Wales
Term Start:5 September 1914
Term End:30 June 1920
Term Start1:1 July 1923
Term End1:19 May 1928
Successor1:Albert Gardiner
Birth Date:1857
Birth Place:Abernethy, Scotland
Death Place:Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Scottish Australian
Spouse:Maet Anne Grant
Party:Australian Labor Party
Occupation:Stonemason

John Grant (1857  - 19 May 1928) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was married to the politician Mary Anne Grant.

Life

Born in Abernethy, he received a primary education before becoming a stonemason. Migrating to the Colony of New South Wales in 1880, he became Secretary of the Stonemasons' Union and a founding member of the New South Wales Labor Party. He served as the NSW ALP's General Secretary.

He married Scottish born Mary Anne Grant (born Kearney) and she was one of the six women elected to the New South Wales Labor Party's executive in January 1906. The other five were Kate Dwyer, Harriet Powell, the 1903 parliamentary candidate Selina Siggins, the American born A. E. Gardiner, Edith Bethel and Maggie Hall.[1] He and Mary had one child, Frank.

He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1914 as a Labor Senator from New South Wales. Defeated in 1919, he returned to the Senate in 1922, holding the seat until his death in 1928.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harriet Powell: Labor Organiser . 2023-09-20 . Australian Society for the Study of Labour History . en-AU.
  2. john-grant. GRANT, John (1857–1928). Geoffrey. Hawker. 2000. 2022-12-31.
  3. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 2008-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ . 17 July 2007 .