Mick Kirwan

Michael Joseph Kirwan (26 April 1873 – 13 February 1941) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early years Kirwan was born at "Jinbah", Maryborough, Queensland, to parents Michael Kirwan, who was a sugar worker, and his wife Sarah (née Costello), both of whom had originated from County Tipperary, Ireland. He started his education at the local state school in Yengarie before his family moved to Brisbane and he continued his schooling at Petrie Terrace. James Stodart of the Ministerialist Party by 565 votes to 239.

Ten years later, at the 1912 state election, Kirwan was nominated as the Labor candidate for the seat of Brisbane. He found himself up against the long serving parliamentarian, Edward Barrow Forrest, who had represented the seat since 1899. A close contest ensued, and Kirwan won by 2187 votes to 2150. Kirwan went on to hold the seat for twenty years until he was disendorsed by his party in favour of Australian Workers' Union organizer, Robert Funnell, for the 1932 state election.

A vehement anti-conscriptionist,