Patrick Mooney (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia
About Patrick Mooney (Australian politician)
- Patrick Frederick Mooney (17 January 1880 – 23 December 1942) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Eurobodalla, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a hotel manager and tram driver.
- He was an official with the Tramway Workers Union, and also served on Redfern Council, rising to be mayor for two terms in 1924–1926.
- On 23 December 1931, New South Wales Premier Jack Lang installed Mooney as a Lang Labor member in a Senate vacancy that resulted from the death of Nationalist Senator Walter Duncan.
- Mooney's time in the Senate was short as the 1931 election had passed and Duncan's term was due to expire on 30 June 1932.
- He contested the 1934 election as a Lang Labor candidate but was unsuccessful.
- He remained an organiser of the Lang Labor group and a Redfern Alderman.
- Mooney died in 1942 in Lewisham, Sydney.
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