Jack Henry

John Clyde Henry, known as Jack Henry, was an Australian communist party member and former leader of its Queensland branch.

Early life and career Henry was born in the Northern New South Wales town of Coramba (just outside Coffs Harbour) in 1904. His father was a farmer. 1931. In February 1942 Henry asked the party State Committee that he be relieved of his duties. Claude Jones was appointed to replace him.

With the success of the party in North Queensland, Henry, as state leader, was one of the most successful Communist candidates for the Communist Party in Queensland. In late November 1970, Henry, a Communist Party member for over thirty-five years, was expelled in vote 12–8 vote after he breached party rules by "refusing to accept and working to frustrate decisions of the State Conference and National Congress, assisting to establish separate organisation within the party around a political platform specifically rejected by the Conference and Congress, and pursuing differences on aims and policies to the point of jeopardising party unity and effectiveness."

Electoral history

+ Federal Election Electorate Votes % # +/– 1934Herbert 7.953rd of 4 7.951946 15.333rd of 5 7.38