Frank Brennan (Australian politician)
- Frank Brennan (Australian politician)
Francis (Frank) Brennan (1873 – 6 November 1950) was an Australian lawyer and Australian Labor Party politician.
Brennan was born at Upper Emu Creek near Bendigo, Victoria and was a younger brother of Thomas Brennan, later an assistant minister in the conservative Lyons government. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and achieved an LL.B. in 1901. He established a legal business specialising in union cases and became a Catholic layman. He joined the Labor Party in 1907 and unsuccessfully contested Bendigo in 1910, but won Batman at a by-election in 1911 and became the first ALP lawyer in the federal parliament. In 1913 he married Cecilia Mary O'Donnell.
Following Labor's election win in 1929, Brennan became Attorney-General in the Scullin Ministry, but was not particularly effective in this role. However, he lost his seat in the 1931 election as a result of the swing against Labor as a result of the Great Depression and a split in the Labor Party. He recovered Batman in the 1934 election and held it until his retirement in 1949.
Brennan died of hypertensive vascular disease in Melbourne.[cite web]
first= Kevin
last=Ryan
title =Brennan, Francis (Frank) (1873 - 1950)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070407b.htm
accessdate = 2007-06-01] References
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NAME = Brennan, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Brennan, Frank
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH = Upper Emu Creek near Bendigo, Victoria
DATE OF DEATH = 6 November 1950
PLACE OF DEATH = Melbourne
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