James Mark Minahan (1872 – 11 October 1941) was an Irish-born

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n politician. Born in County Clare to bootmaker Patrick Minahan and Mary Murphy, Minahan migrated to

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around 1883 and partnered with his brother

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as a boot manufacturer. Around 1900 he married Mary Eileen Killeen, with whom he had four children. From 1925 to 1934 he served as a Labor Party member of the

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; he opposed Jack Lang in the 1930s and sat as a Federal Labor representative. Minahan died at Waverley in 1941.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minahan, James 1872 births 1941 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council