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State
Electorates
- MLA East Perth 26 March 1927–15 February 1936 (lodged petition against return of TJ Hughes at 1936 general election but was defeated again at by election)
- Contested Northam 4 November 1914, 19 August 1916 (min. by election), East Perth 15 February 1936, 9 May 1936 by-election
Commonwealth
- Contested Senate (WA) 14 November 1925
Office
- Minister for Employment, Child Welfare and Industrial Development 24 April 1933–26 March 1935; for Employment, Public Works and Labour 26 March 1935–13 May 1936
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Personal Information |
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15 May 1879 |
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Liverpool Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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9 October 1954 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To WA 1899 |
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Son of Patrick, bootmaker (engine driver), and Charlotte Young |
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Married 15 November 1911, St Laurence’s Church, North Adelaide, South Australia, to Mary Ann Flaherty, (born circa 1884 and died circa October 1970), daughter of Michael
Children: four sons and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated Christian Brothers College Redfern, NSW
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Railway worker |
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Became locomotive cleaner, later engine driver with Western Australian Government Railways |
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President WA Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners’ Union of Workers 1914–1919, secretary 1919–1927
Chairman WA Lotteries Commission 1936–1954
Member Commonwealth Grants Commission 1 January 1945–1954 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 111. |
Bibliography |
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R Erickson, ed, Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914. Volume 5. The golden years, 1889-1914, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 1986.
Ralph Pervan, 'Kenneally, James Joseph (1879–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kenneally-james-joseph-6927/text12003, accessed 10 January 2013.
West Australian, 8 and 11 May 1936, 10 October 1954. |