William Brennan (Australian politician)

William Edward Brennan (10 September 1863  8 October 1937) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1925 and 1934 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 until 1935. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP) .

William Brennan
Personal details
Born(1865-09-10)10 September 1865
Wallsend, New South Wales
Died8 October 1937(1937-10-08) (aged 72)
Waratah, New South Wales
Political partyLabor Party

Brennan was born and educated to elementary level in Wallsend, New South Wales. At age 14, he commenced work as a coal-miner at Wallsend Colliery. He was an office-holder in the Colliery Employees Federation from 1903 and in 1909, after leading a strike, he was convicted of conspiracy under the Master and Servant Act and goaled at Bathurst for 3 months. In 1925, after a number of unsuccessful attempts to win the seat of Maitland, Brennan was granted a life appointment to the New South Wales Legislative Council. Brennan resigned this appointment to contest the seat of Hamilton at a by-election caused by the death of Hugh Connell in 1934. At the 1935 election he stood aside to allow the ALP to endorse Joshua Arthur. He did not hold ministerial or party office.[1]

References

  1. "Mr William Edward Brennan (1865–1937)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Hugh Connell
Member for Hamilton
1934  1935
Succeeded by
Joshua Arthur
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