Maurice Hynes Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon
Maurice Hynes
Constituency Am1:Townsville
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:12 May 1923
Term End1:27 March 1939
Predecessor1:William Green
Successor1:George Keyatta
Birth Date:29 September 1886
Birth Place:Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Toowong Cemetery
Birthname:Maurice Patrick Hynes
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor
Spouse:Margaret Josephine Hennessey (m.1907 d.1964)
Occupation:Trade union organiser, labourer

Maurice Patrick "Mossy"[1] Hynes (29 September 1886 – 27 March 1939) was an Australian politician.

He worked in northern and western Queensland as a railway worker, stockman and waterfront labourer before moving to Mackay where he became a sugar industry worker.

He was the Labor member for Townsville in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1923 to 1939. He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in William Forgan Smith's government.[2]

Hynes died in 1939. He was accorded a state funeral[3] which proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hynes-maurice-patrick-6785 Hynes, Maurice Patrick (1885–1939)
  2. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 15 February 2015.
  3. News: DEATH OF MINISTER FOR LABOUR. . . Brisbane . 28 March 1939 . 15 February 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  4. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=185994 Hynes, Maurice Patrick