MAKE A MEME View Large Image StateLibQld 1 100492.jpg Edward Michael Hanlon premier of Queensland addressing the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of the Industrial Law Amendment Bill 1948 Edward Michael Hanlon railway worker grocer and premier was born on 1 October ...
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Keywords: StateLibQld 1 100492.jpg Edward Michael Hanlon premier of Queensland addressing the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of the Industrial Law Amendment Bill 1948 Edward Michael Hanlon railway worker grocer and premier was born on 1 October 1887 at Paddington Brisbane He was educated at Petrie Terrace State School and the Brisbane Technical College In 1901 he was messanger boy for several barristers before working in a grocery store He joined the Queensland Railways Department as a porter in 1903 and was later a shunter Hanlon helped to establish the Queensland Railway Union and was a member and vice-president of its management-committee In 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and joined the 9th Battalion in Egypt He served on the Western Front and rose to the rank of sergeant After being discharged in 1919 he set up a grocery business with his brother Patrick Hanlon later entered politics and won the seat of Ithaca for the Labor Party in 1926 In Forgan Smith's government Hanlon was home secretary from June 1932 to December 1935 when he became secretary for health and home affairs In 1944 he became treasurer and deputy to the premier F A Cooper From 7 March 1946 until his death in office on 15 January 1952 Hanlon was premier of Queensland Information taken from Australian dictionary of biography Vol 14 1996 1948-03-09 handle 10462/deriv/69656 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Parliament House Brisbane Ned Hanlon politician 1948 in Brisbane
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