John Healy (Australian Politician)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

John Joseph O'Connor Healy (19 March 1894 – 18 July 1970) was a member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly h ...
in Australia.


Biography

Healy was born in Maryborough,
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, the son of John Edward James Healy and his wife Margaret (née O'Connor). He was educated at St Mary's Convent,
Yuleba Yuleba ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Maranoa Region, in the south-west of Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yuleba had a population of 271 people. Geography Yuleba is located east of ...
State School, Assumption College in
Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...
and
Nudgee College St Joseph's Nudgee College (commonly referred to as Nudgee College or simply Nudgee) is an independent Catholic primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Boondall, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Th ...
in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
. On leaving school he took up work as a
clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include Records managem ...
with the
Queensland Railways Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger t ...
in Warwick from 1908 until 1935. After politics he was a clerk in the Queensland Public Service before being the Private Secretary from 1950–1956 to Paul Hilton, the Minister for Works in the Queensland Government. In 1956 he was once again working as a clerk, this time in the Valuer-General's department. He retired in 1961. On 5 October 1921, Healy married Florence May Ahern and together had two sons and a daughter. He died in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
in July 1970 and was buried in the
South Brisbane Cemetery South Brisbane Cemetery, also known as Dutton Park Cemetery, is a heritage-listed cemetery at 21 Fairfield Road and Annerley Road, Dutton Park, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the Brisbane River. It was built from 1870 to 1 ...
.Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 25 April 2016.


Public life

After unsuccessfully standing for the seat of
Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...
at the
1932 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election saw the first-term Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore ...
s, Healy, a member of the Labor Party, stood again three years later and this time was victorious. He went on to represent the electorate of Warwick for the next 12 years, only to lose to
Otto Madsen Otto Ottosen Madsen (8 December 1904 – 3 August 1963) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Madsen was born in Warwick, Queensland, the son of Mads Madsen and his wife Christine (née Ottosen), both of whom were born ...
of the Country Party in
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
. Healy was recommended by the Queensland Central Executive of the Labor Party to contest the seat of
Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: People, characters, figures, names * Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas. * Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun * Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
at the
1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensla ...
s, but the Labour in Politics Convention opted to endorse opponent J. D. Kane instead.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, John Joseph O'Connor Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1894 births 1970 deaths Burials at South Brisbane Cemetery Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee