Tom Shannon
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Thomas John Shannon (9 December 1884 – 9 June 1954) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
from 1927 until his death. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party
(ALP) and the Australian Labor Party (NSW)
.
Shannon was born in Redfern, New South Wales
and was the son of a Cab Driver. He was educated to elementary level at St Benedict's, Broadway and worked as a grocer's boy and eventually as a real estate agent. He became involved with community organisations including the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, a provider of social security insurance, and was elected as an Alderman on Sydney City Council between 1921-27 and between 1930-48. Shannon was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the newly re-created seat of Surry Hills
at the 1927
election. The seat was abolished by a redistribution prior to the next election
and Shannon transferred to the seat of Phillip
where the sitting Labor member Phillip Burke had retired. He retained the seat for Labor at the next 8 elections and died as the sitting member in 1954. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) during that party's estrangement from the ALP federal executive but he did not support later manifestations of Lang Labor
. Shannon did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
Tom Shannon (artist)
Tom Shannon , is an American artist and inventor.-Personal life:His parents are John Kingsley Shannon , a marine pilot and inventor, and Audrey Elizabeth . He has two brothers, John and James . Shannon attended the University of Wisconsin...
Thomas John Shannon (9 December 1884 – 9 June 1954) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
from 1927 until his death. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
(ALP) and the Australian Labor Party (NSW)
Australian Labor Party (NSW)
The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as Lang Labor, was the name given to a major breakaway of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales that operated from 1931 to 1936....
.
Shannon was born in Redfern, New South Wales
Redfern, New South Wales
Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Redfern is 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...
and was the son of a Cab Driver. He was educated to elementary level at St Benedict's, Broadway and worked as a grocer's boy and eventually as a real estate agent. He became involved with community organisations including the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, a provider of social security insurance, and was elected as an Alderman on Sydney City Council between 1921-27 and between 1930-48. Shannon was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the newly re-created seat of Surry Hills
Electoral district of Surry Hills
Surry Hills was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904 and named after and including Surry Hills. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney. It was...
at the 1927
New South Wales state election, 1927
The 1927 New South Wales state election to elect the 90 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly was held on 8 October 1927. During the previous parliament the voting system, which had been a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote , was changed...
election. The seat was abolished by a redistribution prior to the next election
New South Wales state election, 1930
The 1930 New South Wales state election was held on 25 October 1930. The election was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting...
and Shannon transferred to the seat of Phillip
Electoral district of Phillip
Phillip was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, in central Sydney and named after Arthur Phillip, created in 1904 from part of Sydney-Phillip. It was initially south of Liverpool Street, east of George Street and City Road, north of...
where the sitting Labor member Phillip Burke had retired. He retained the seat for Labor at the next 8 elections and died as the sitting member in 1954. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) during that party's estrangement from the ALP federal executive but he did not support later manifestations of Lang Labor
Lang Labor
Lang Labor was the name commonly used to describe three successive break-away sections of the Australian Labor Party, all led by the New South Wales Labor leader Jack Lang premier of NSW .-Initial opposition to Lang's leadership:...
. Shannon did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.