About James Minahan
Lived 1872 – 1941 (aged 68–69). James Minahan was a politician.
James Mark Minahan (1872 – 11 October 1941) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
Born in County Clare to bootmaker Patrick Minahan and Mary Murphy, Minahan migrated to New South Wales around 1883 and partnered with his brother Patrick as a boot manufacturer. Around 1900 he married Mary Eileen Killeen, with whom he had four children. From 1925 to 1934 he served as a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; he opposed Jack Lang in the 1930s and sat as a Federal Labor representative. Minahan died at Waverley in 1941.
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Australian politician
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James Minahan was born in 1872.
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James Minahan died on 11 October 1941.
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James Minahan was a politician.
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