Joe Riordan

The Hon. Joseph Martin "Joe" Riordan AO (born 27 February 1930) is a former Australian politician and briefly government minister.

Riordan was born in Sydney and educated at Patrician Brothers School and Marist Borther College. He married Patricia Watkins in 1955—they have four sons and two daughters. He was Federal Secretary of the Federated Clerks' Union from 1958 to 1972.cite book
title =Who's who in Australia
publisher =Crown Content
date =2008
location =North Melbourne
pages =2303
isbn = 1-74095-160-3 ] [cite web
title =Riordan, Joseph Martin (1930 - )
publisher =Australian Trade Union Archives
url =http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE1377b.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-06 ]

Riordan was elected as the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Phillip at the 1972 election, defeating the Liberal, William Aston. He was Minister for Housing and Construction from June 1975 until the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in November 1975. He was defeated by the Liberal candidate Jack Birney at the 1975 election. [cite web
title =Members of the House of Representatives since 1901
publisher =Parliament of Australia
work=Parliamentary Handbook
url =http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/prosser.storrer.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-06 ]

Riordan was Senior Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission from 1986 to 1995. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in January 1995 for "service to industrial relations, to social justice and to the Community". [cite web
title =Riordan, Joseph Martin, AO
publisher =Government of Australia
work=It's an Honour
url =http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=881942&search_type=simple&showInd=true
accessdate = 2008-01-18 ]

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NAME = Riordan, Joseph Martin
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 27 February 1930
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DATE OF DEATH = Living person
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