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James Matthew (Jim) Concannon (1890-1973) clerk, trade union official, politician
Birth: 10 November 1890 in Sydney, New South Wales, son of Irish-born parents, Bartholomew Concannon (1855-1896), from Tuam, County Roscommon, and Margaret Mary, née Gilmore (1864-1924) from Ennis, County Clare. Marriages: (1) June 1915 to Arline Eleanor Russell Clarke (1895-1958). They had three daughters. (2) 30 June 1962 to Mary Murielle McBryde. Death: 8 August 1973 at Bondi, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Heather Radi, Peter Spearritt & Elizabeth Hinton, Biographical Register of the NSW Parliament 1901-1970 (Canberra, 1979); NSW Parliamentary Debates, vol 171, 31 August 1943, p 4066, vol 105, August 1973, pp 93-95; On Service, 20 June 1927, 20 March 1930, September 1973; N. B. Nairn, The ‘Big Fella’: Jack Lang and the Autralian Labor Party, 1891-1949 (Carlton, 1986); Labor News, 1919-23; Joe Weir interview, Sydney, 7 December 1984; Colin Colbourne interview, 20 November 1984, Sydney.
Peter Sheldon, 'Concannon, James Matthew (Jim) (1890–1973)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/concannon-james-matthew-jim-33076/text41241, accessed 6 December 2024.
10 November,
1890
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
8 August,
1973
(aged 82)
Bondi, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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