| 词条 | John McGrath (New South Wales politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = John McGrath |honorific-suffix = |image= |order = Secretary for Public Works |premier = Joseph Cahill |term_start = 15 March 1956 |term_end = 1 April 1959 |predecessor = Jack Renshaw |successor = Norm Ryan |order1 = Deputy Mayor of Bexley |term_start1 = 6 December 1938 |term_end1 = 9 December 1941 | 1blankname1 = Mayor | 1namedata1 = Joseph Barwell Archibald Macdonald |predecessor1 = Joseph Barwell |successor1 = Ernest Docos |order2 = Alderman of the Bexley Municipal COuncil |term_start2 = 9 January 1937 |term_end2 = 2 December 1944 |predecessor2 = George Dunstan |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1893|9|1}} |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1971|12|20|1893|9|1}} |death_place = Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |party = Labor }}John Francis McGrath (1 September 1893 – 20 December 1971) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1959. He was a member of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party and held a number of ministerial positions including Minister for Housing.[1] Early life and careerMcGrath was born in Chicago, the son of a publican and migrated with his family to Australia at age nine. He was educated at St Aloysius' College and initially worked as an electrician. He became an official of the Electrical Trades Union but left the industry to become a hotel owner. After owning several hotels, including losing one in Rockdale during the Great Depression, McGrath leased the Bexley Hotel and became a proprietor of other hotels in the Bexley area. McGrath was soon active in community organisations, becoming president of Bexley Chamber of Commerce from 1936 until 1970.[1] McGrath was elected as an alderman on the Bexley Municipal Council at a by-election in 1937, and served until 1944.[2][3][4] He was the deputy mayor for three terms in 1938–1941 and served as a Bexley delegate on the St George County Council.[5][6][7] Political careerMcGrath was the defeated ALP candidate at the 1939 by-election for the seat of Hurstville which was won by Clive Evatt of the Industrial Labor Party.[8] He was eventually elected to the New South Wales parliament as the Labor member for new seat of Rockdale at the 1941 election. He retained the seat for the next five elections and retired at the 1959 election.[9] In 1947, he was elected Government Whip and served until his promotion to the cabinet in 1953. McGrath held ministerial positions in the government of Joseph Cahill. He was a Minister without portfolio in 1953, and was appointed the Minister for Housing in 1954 and the Secretary for Public Works from 1956 until his retirement. In this role he was responsible for the early construction work on the Sydney Opera House. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/Pages/former-member-details.aspx?pk=1544|title=The Hon. John Francis McGrath (1893-1971)|work=Former members|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|accessdate=2009-01-11}} {{s-start}}{{s-civ}}{{s-bef|before = Joseph Barwell }}{{s-ttl|title = Deputy Mayor of Bexley | years = 1938{{spaced ndash}}1941 }}{{s-aft|after = Ernest Docos}}{{s-par|au-nsw}}{{s-new|district}}{{s-ttl|title = Member for Rockdale | years = 1941{{spaced ndash}}1959 }}{{s-aft|after = Brian Bannon }}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before = Gus Kelly }}{{s-ttl|title = Minister for Housing | years = 1954{{spaced ndash}}1956 }}{{s-aft|after = Abe Landa}}{{s-bef|before = Jack Renshaw}}{{s-ttl|title = Secretary for Public Works| years = 1956{{spaced ndash}}1959 }}{{s-aft|after = Norm Ryan|as= Minister for Public Works}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McGrath, John}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232226194 |title=BEXLEY BY-ELECTION. |newspaper=The St George Call |volume=XXXIV |issue=3 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 January 1937 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232226212 |title=ALD. MCGRATH WELCOMED. |newspaper=The St George Call |volume=XXXIV |issue=3 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 January 1937 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224742836 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=29 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 February 1937 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=929 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235619342 |title=BEXLEY. |newspaper=The Propeller |volume=XXVIII |issue=1448 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1938 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235585866 |title=BEXLEY. |newspaper=The Propeller |volume=XXX |issue=1552 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 December 1940 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233590980 |title=ALD. McGRATH AS M.L.A. |newspaper=The St George Call |volume=XXXVIII |issue=21 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 May 1941 |accessdate=7 April 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Green |first1=Antony |title=NSW Elections – Hurstville - By-election 1939 |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/1938/Hurstville_1.htm |website=NSW Elections Index |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |accessdate=2018-03-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629185759/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/1938/Hurstville_1.htm |archivedate=29 June 2015 |df= }} 9. ^{{cite web|last1=Green |first1=Antony |title=NSW Elections – Elections for the District of - Rockdale |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/DistrictIndexes/Rockdale.htm |website=NSW Elections Index |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |accessdate=2018-03-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629184550/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/DistrictIndexes/Rockdale.htm |archivedate=29 June 2015 |df= }} 12 : 1893 births|1971 deaths|People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney)|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales|20th-century Australian politicians|New South Wales local government politicians|Australian electricians|Australian hoteliers|Australian people of Irish descent|American emigrants to Australia|Burials at Waverley Cemetery |
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