Henry Ryan (politician)

Henry Ryan
Henry Ryan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Cook
	In office; 22 May 1915 – 11 May 1929
Preceded by	Henry Douglas
Succeeded by	James Kenny
Personal details
Born	Henry Joseph Ryan; 1873; Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 January 1943 (aged 70); Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Political party	Labor
Spouse(s)	Kate Butler (m.1898)
Occupation	Businessman

Henry Joseph Ryan (1873 – 17 January 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Ryan was born at Ballarat, Victoria, the son of Thomas Ryan and his wife Margaret (née O'Brien). He was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Ballarat[1] and on arrival in North Queensland took up mining. After his political career he was a businessman in Brisbane.[2]

On 4 May 1898 he married Kate Butler in Gympie and together had one son.[1] Ryan died in Brisbane in January 1943[2] and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Ryan was heavily involved in the trade union movement and was associated with Ted Theodore amongst others in the Australian Workers' Association of Queensland. He was a delegate at the 1913 Rockhampton conference when the AWA was absorbed into the Australian Workers' Union.[2]

He entered state politics at the 1915 Queensland state election when he won the seat of Cook for the Labor Party.[4] Ryan defeated the sitting member for Cook, Henry Douglas of the Queensland Liberal Party,[5] after previously standing unsuccessfully against him at the 1912 state election.[6]

Ryan represented Cook for fourteen years before being defeated by James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party in 1929.[7]

References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1943. p. 3 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19733198. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Deceased Search – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
"SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (18, 772). Queensland, Australia. 18 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Douglas, Henry Alexander Cecil – Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
"SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"COUNTRY SEATS". Sunday Mail (472). Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Henry Douglas	Member for Cook 1915–1929	Succeeded by James Kenny

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[death-2] The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1943. p. 3 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19733198. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[bcc-3] Deceased Search – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[1915election-4] "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (18, 772). Queensland, Australia. 18 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[douglas-5] Douglas, Henry Alexander Cecil – Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[1912election-6] "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1929election-7] "COUNTRY SEATS". Sunday Mail (472). Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.