Kennelly, Patrick J.

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsPoliticiansHistoryPat Kennelly, whose active work in the Australian Labor Party spanned a half a century, was born in 1900 in Northcote. He was appointed Organising Secretary for the A.L.P (1930-1946), became State Secretary (1946-1949), then Federal Secretary (1946-1954) while serving as a Member of the Legislative Council for Melbourne West Province (1938-1952). In 1953 Kennelly became a Victorian Senator where he served uninterrupted until 1971, in addition to being the Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate from 1956 to 1967. He was also Victorian Labor's pre-eminent "numbers man" for many years. Kennelly retired from parliament in 1971, and died in 1981.

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Date1st January 1900

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Kennelly, Patrick J.