Hugh Mahon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hugh Mahon

politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1857

Place of Birth: Killurin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1931

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Hugh Mahon

  • Hugh Mahon (6 January 1857 – 28 August 1931) was an Australian politician.
  • He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the party's earliest governments.
  • He served terms as Postmaster-General (1904), Minister for Home Affairs (1908–1909), and Minister for External Affairs (1914–1916).
  • However, Mahon is chiefly known as the only person to be expelled from the Parliament of Australia, for making "seditious and disloyal utterances" about the British Empire.
  • He failed to win his seat back at the by-election.

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