Henry Ryan

Henry Joseph Ryan (1873 – 17 January 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography Ryan was born at Ballarat, Victoria, the son of Thomas Ryan and his wife Margaret (née O'Brien). He was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Ballarat

On 4 May 1898 he married Kate Butler in Gympie and together had one son.

Public career Ryan was heavily involved in the trade union movement and was associated with Ted Theodore amongst others in the Australian Workers' Association of Queensland. He was a delegate at the 1913 Rockhampton conference when the AWA was absorbed into the Australian Workers' Union. Ryan defeated the sitting member for Cook, Henry Douglas of the Queensland Liberal Party, after previously standing unsuccessfully against him at the 1912 state election.

Ryan represented Cook for fourteen years before being defeated by James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party in 1929.