Jim Maloney (politician)

James Joseph Maloney (26 June 1901[1] – 28 January 1982) was an Australian Labor politician and diplomat.

The Honourable

Jim Maloney
Australian Minister to the Soviet Union
In office
5 November 1943 – 12 August 1946
Preceded byBill Slater
Succeeded byNoël Deschamps
Minister for Labour and Industry
In office
15 March 1956 – 13 May 1965
PremierJoseph Cahill
Bob Heffron
Jack Renshaw
Preceded byAbe Landa
Succeeded byEric Willis
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
13 August 1941 – 16 February 1972
Preceded byFrank Wall
Succeeded byTed Humphries
Personal details
Born(1901-06-26)26 June 1901
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Died28 January 1982(1982-01-28) (aged 80)
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

Early life and career

He was born in Goulburn to baker James Moloney and Mary Ann Pickels. He was educated locally and became a messenger boy, subsequently moving to Sydney to become a bootmaker. On 19 April 1924 he married Emily Dent, with whom he had four children.[2]

He had joined the Labor Party and the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation in 1915; he was New South Wales secretary of the union from 1932 to 1943, federal president from 1936 to 1940 and federal secretary from 1940 to 1943.

He was also a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1927 to 1943, an executive member from 1930 to 1943, and president from 1940 to 1943.

Political and diplomatic career

From 1941 to 1972 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; during this period he was a Minister without Portfolio from 1954 to 1956 and Minister for Labour and Industry from 1956 to 1965. From 1966 to 1971 he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Prime Minister John Curtin appointed him the Australian Minister to the Soviet Union between December 1943 and February 1946.[4] He was granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council to take up this post.

Later life

Maloney died at Kogarah in 1982.[2]

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gollark: 🐝 that!
gollark: Sneak into people's houses and replace their food with worms?
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gollark: It should *eventually* if it can be made cheaper.

References
  1. This date is according to the website of the Parliament of NSW. The Australian Dictionary of Biography says he was born on 28 July 1901
  2. Deery, Phillip (2012). "Maloney, James Joseph (1901–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. "Mr James Joseph Maloney (1901-1982)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 6 November 1943. p. 8.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Frank Wall		 Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
1941 – 1972		 Succeeded by
Ted Humphries
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Bill Slater		 Australian Minister to the Soviet Union
1943 – 1946		 Succeeded by
Noël Deschamps
as Chargé d'Affaires
Political offices
Preceded by
Abe Landa		 Minister for Labour and Industry
1956 – 1965		 Succeeded by
Eric Willis
New title Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
1966 – 1971		 Succeeded by
Neville Wran
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