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Name	Joseph James Clark
Born	29 July, 1897 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 December, 1992 (aged 95) Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Rosevear, John Solomon (work colleague) Beasley, John Albert (work colleague) Blakeley, Arthur (political adversary)
Education *	St Brigid's Primary School (Coonamble, NSW) (student, 1903-1906) Coonamble Public School (NSW) (student, 1907-1909) Holy Cross College, Ryde (NSW) (student, 1910-1914)
Occupation or Descriptor *	tailor/tailoress (1915-1934) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1925-1934) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1927-1932) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1934-1969) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1934-1969) Federal, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1970)
Political Activism *	ALP (federal) (politician, 1934-1969)
Workplaces *	Coonamble Council (NSW) (alderman, 1925-1934) Coonamble Council (NSW) (mayor, 1927-1932) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1934-1969) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1946-1949)

* Dates are approximate

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