Maurice Hynes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
About Maurice Hynes
- Maurice Patrick "Mossy" Hynes (29 September 1886 – 27 March 1939) was an Australian politician.
- He worked in northern and western Queensland as a railway worker, stockman and waterfront labourer before moving to Mackay where he became a sugar industry worker.
- He was the Labor member for Townsville in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1923 to 1939.
- He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in William Forgan Smith's government.Hynes died in 1939.
- He was accorded a state funeral which proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.
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