Jim Maloney (politician)

Jim Maloney
Australian Minister to the Soviet Union
In office
5 November 1943 – 12 August 1946
Preceded byBill Slater
Succeeded byNoël Deschamps
Minister for Labour and Industry
In office
15 March 1956 – 13 May 1965
PremierJoseph Cahill
Bob Heffron
Jack Renshaw
Preceded byAbe Landa
Succeeded byEric Willis
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
13 August 1941 – 16 February 1972
Preceded byFrank Wall
Succeeded byTed Humphries
Personal details
Born(1901-06-26)26 June 1901
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Died28 January 1982(1982-01-28) (aged 80)
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

James Joseph Maloney (26 June 1901[1] – 28 January 1982) was an Australian Labor politician and diplomat.

Early life and career

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He was born in Goulburn to baker James Moloney and Mary Ann Pickels. He was educated locally and became a messenger boy, subsequently moving to Sydney to become a bootmaker. On 19 April 1924 he married Emily Dent, with whom he had four children.[2]

He had joined the Labor Party and the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation in 1915; he was New South Wales secretary of the union from 1932 to 1943, federal president from 1936 to 1940 and federal secretary from 1940 to 1943.

He was also a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1927 to 1943, an executive member from 1930 to 1943, and president from 1940 to 1943.

Political and diplomatic career

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From 1941 to 1972 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; during this period he was a Minister without Portfolio from 1954 to 1956 and Minister for Labour and Industry from 1956 to 1965. From 1966 to 1971 he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Prime Minister John Curtin appointed him the Australian Minister to the Soviet Union between December 1943 and February 1946.[4] He was granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council to take up this post.

Later life

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Maloney died at Kogarah in 1982.[2]

References

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  1. ^ This date is according to the website of the Parliament of NSW. The Australian Dictionary of Biography says he was born on 28 July 1901
  2. ^ a b Deery, Phillip (2012). "Maloney, James Joseph (1901–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Mr James Joseph Maloney (1901-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 6 November 1943. p. 8 – via Trove.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
1941 – 1972
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Australian Minister to the Soviet Union
1943 – 1946
Succeeded byas Chargé d'Affaires
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Labour and Industry
1956 – 1965
Succeeded by
New title Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
1966 – 1971
Succeeded by