Thomas Brennan (Australian politician)
- Thomas Brennan (Australian politician)
Thomas Cornelius Brennan KC (1866 – 3 January 1944) was an Australian journalist, lawyer and conservative politician who was elected to the the Australian Senate.
Brennan was born at Upper Emu Creek (?), near Bendigo, Victoria and was an older brother of Frank Brennan, later Attorney-General in the Scullin Labor government. He was educated locally and apprenticed as a typesetter with "the Bendigo Independent". He joined the Melbourne Argus as a printer but subsequently became a journalist and sub-editor. He continued his education part-time, matriculated and earned a law degree at the University of Melbourne in 1900. He married Florence Margaret Slattery in 1902 and was admitted to the bar in 1907. He was appointed a King's Counsel (KC) in 1928 and was made a Doctor of Laws in 1935 for a thesis published as "Interpreting the Constitution". Brennan was prominent in the Catholic community and editor of "the Catholic Advocate" from 1915 to 1917, when he clashed with Bishop Daniel Mannix, who opposed the introduction of conscription during World War I, like the great majority of the Irish Australian Catholic community.[ Australian Dictionary of Biography]
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Brennan ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal for election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1911, 1913 and 1914. He also ran unsuccessfully as a Nationalist for the seat of Bendigo East in 1921. In 1931, he was appointed to a fill a casual vacancy in the Senate, representing the United Australia Party in 1931 and gained re-election in the 1931 election. He was appointed minister without portfolio assisting the ministers for commerce in the second and third Lyons ministries from October 1934 until he lost his seat at the November 1937 election.Brennan was survived by his wife and two daughters.[ ]Notes
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NAME = Brennan, Thomas Cornelius
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian journalist, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH = Upper Emu Creek (?), near Bendigo, Victoria
DATE OF DEATH = 3 January 1944
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