John Sweeney (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Sweeney (Australian politician)
- John Thomas Sweeney (8 August 1863 – 2 September 1947) was an Australian politician from New South Wales. Born at Campbelltown to farmer Michael Sweeney and Mary Ann, née Rudd, he was a miner at Bulli.
- In 1893 he married Virginia Mary Grace Standen, with whom he had seven children.
- From 1916 to 1931 he was secretary of the Southern District Miners' Federation, and he served on the central executive of the Labor Party from 1923 to 1924.
- In 1933 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Bulli, serving until his retirement in 1947.
- Sweeney died later that year at Russell Vale and was buried at Bulli.
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