Thomas Brennan (Victorian state politician)
Thomas William Brennan (7 April 1900 – 29 October 1966) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Leaving Certificate while there in 1919.[1] After leaving school he moved on to the University of Melbourne
where he studied law on a part-time basis.
He became a political journalist, having joined the
Labor Party (ALP) around 1925 and was the editor of The Tribune, a weekly Catholic newspaper, for two years.[2] He was admitted as a solicitor in 1935, and led classes in English and Public Speaking at the Victorian Labor College from 1941 to 1956.[3]
From 1945 to 1955 he was on the state executive of the ALP, serving as president from 1950 to 1951 and as a
Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party (DLP).[4] He lost his State seat in 1958 and continued to contest elections for the DLP until his death.[5]
References
- ^ Concerning The Christian Brothers' College - St. Joseph's North Melbourne 1919. (annual magazine) St Josephs College, North Melbourne
- ^ St. Joseph's College North Melbourne - Jubilee Review 1903-1928. (magazine) St. Joseph's College, North Melbourne
- ^ Victorian Labor College Syllabus, 1946. https://www.marxists.org/history/australia/1946/vlc-syllabus.htm
- ^ Ainsley Symons (2012), 'Democratic Labor Party members in the Victorian Parliament of 1955-1958,' in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 275, November, Pages 4-5.
- ^ "Brennan, Thomas William". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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