Jack McPhillips, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack McPhillips

Australian trade unionist

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1910

Place of Birth: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2004

Profession: trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Leslie John "Jack" McPhillips (21 March 1910 – 1 September 2004) was an Australian communist and trade unionist.
He joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1929. Jack was one of the early generation of CPA union officials, he was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Australia and was prominent in the union movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
When the CPA denounced the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, McPhillips sided with the pro-Soviet tendency in the party.
He opposed the new 'Eurocommunist' line of the party.
In 1971 he took part in breaking away from CPA and forming the Socialist Party of Australia.
He was President of SPA from 1984 to 1988.