James Dooley (Australian politician)
James Dooley | |
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| 21st Premier of New South Wales Election: 1922 | |
| In office 5 October 1921 – 20 December 1921 | |
| Preceded by | John Storey |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Fuller |
| In office 20 December 1921 – 13 April 1922 | |
| Preceded by | Sir George Fuller |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Fuller |
| Constituency | Hartley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Thomas Dooley 26 April 1877 Labor Party |
| Spouse | Kate Rodé Trundle |
James Thomas Dooley (26 April 1877 – 2 January 1950) served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.
Early years
Born in the townland of Curracreehan (possibly Currycreaghan), near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, he was the fourth son of Thomas Dooley, a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth, née O'Connor.[1]
He arrived in
Parliamentary career
In 1907, he was elected to the seat of
As the result of a dispute with a party executive, dominated by the Australian Workers' Union, he was expelled from the party in February 1923, but reinstated by the NSW Labor Party annual conference later that year.[6] In August 1923, he resigned and Jack Lang became leader. During the 1925-27 Lang Government Dooley served as Speaker. Afterwards he fell out with the Labor leadership, lost Labor preselection for Bathurst, and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Labor candidate for the Senate in the 1931 federal election and for Hartley in the 1932 State election, which swept Lang from office. He also ran unsuccessfully against Billy Hughes in North Sydney in 1940. His first wife died in 1936, and he married Irene Mary Kenney in 1946. He owned two Lithgow hotels during his later years.[2]
Death
James Dooley died on 2 January 1950 at the Liverpool Hospital in Sydney. He was survived by his wife, son and daughter. His funeral was held at St. Mary's Cathedral on 4 January 1950, and he was interred at Botany Cemetery on the same day.[7]
Notes
- ^ "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Cunneen, Chris. "Dooley, James Thomas (1877 - 1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
- ^ "Mr James Thomas Dooley (1877-1950)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Resignation of speaker" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). New South Wales: Legislative Assembly. 12 December 1921. pp. 2598–2602. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ As the speaker did not vote, with Hickey as speaker Labor was reduced to 43 votes out of 89, plus the support of Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor).[4]
- ^ Scott Stephenson. ""Ballot-Faking Crooks and a Tyrannical Executive": The Australian Workers Union Faction and the 1923 New South Wales Labor Party Annual Conference." Labour History, no. 105 (2013): 93–111. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.105.0093.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Funeral Notice 04/01/1950 (page 22)
