The Honourable
John Mullan
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1913 – 30 June 1917
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Charters Towers
In office
5 February 1908 – 27 April 1912
Serving with Vernon Winstanley
Preceded byWilliam Paull
Succeeded byRobert Wynn Williams
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Flinders
In office
16 March 1918 – 11 June 1932
Preceded byJohn May
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Carpentaria
In office
11 June 1932 – 29 March 1941
Succeeded byNorm Smith
Personal details
Born(1871-09-08)8 September 1871
Dublin, Ireland
Died1 October 1941(1941-10-01) (aged 70)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityIrish Australian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseMary Ellen Farrelly
OccupationTrade union organiser

John Mullan (8 September 1871 – 1 October 1941)[1] was an Irish-born Australian politician.

Early life

Born in Dublin, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1889, becoming a clerk and railway worker. He was an organiser of the Charters Towers Miners' Union and the Australian Workers' Union.[2]

Politics

In 1908 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Charters Towers, where he remained until 1912.[1] In 1913 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1917,[2][3] after which he returned to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Flinders in 1918.[1] He served as Attorney-General from 1920 to 1929. In 1932, he changed seats, moving to Carpentaria,[1] and resumed his position as Attorney-General, which he retained until 1940.

Later life

Mullan died in 1941 and was accorded a State funeral which took place from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Guyatt, Joy (1986). "Mullan, John (1871–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Jennifer (2000). "MULLAN, John (1871–1941)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Family Notices". The Courier-Mail. 3 October 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 10 January 2015 – via Trove.
  5. ↑ Mullan, John Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 9 June 2012.


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