Albert Ernest Monk CMG (16 September 1900 – 11 February 1975) was an Australian trade unionist. He served as both President and Secretary of the

Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated trade union, unions and eight t ...

(ACTU) for a total of 35 years; first as President from 1934 to 1943, then Secretary from 1943 to 1949, and then President again from 1949 to 1969. In 1966 he was appointed a

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George I ...

. Writer Blanche d'Alpuget had intended to write a biography of Monk but was refused permission by Monk's widow, as she did not want the public to know that she was Monk's second wife. D'Alpuget instead wrote a biography of Monk's successor as ACTU President and future Prime Minister

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the Australian Labor Party, leader of the La ...

, whom she married in 1995.

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External links

Australian Dictionary of Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monk, Albert 1900 births 1975 deaths Australian Council of Trade Unions people Australian trade unionists English emigrants to Australia People from Waltham Abbey, Essex Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George