About John Gilday
Lived 1874 – 1937 (aged 62–63). John Gilday was an Australian politician and australasian Meat Industry Employees Union.
John Theophilus Gilday (1874 – 29 August 1937) was a meatworker and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography Gilday was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to parents Martin Gilday and his wife Honorah (née Corcoran). He went to Ballarat State School and became a meatworker in New South Wales. He was a director of the Daily Standard & The Worker newspapers. in Brisbane and together had two sons and two daughters. He died in August 1937
Public career Gilday, for the Labor Party, held the seat of Ithaca in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from its inception in 1912 until his retirement from politics in 1926.
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Australian politician
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John Gilday was born in 1874 in Ballarat.
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John Gilday died on 29 August 1937 in Brisbane.
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John Gilday was a politician and australasian Meat Industry Employees Union.
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