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Francis Xavier Heerey

Francis Xavier Heerey

Surname: HEEREY

Given Names: Francis Xavier

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 21 September 1891 - Beaconsfield, Tasmania

Date of Death: 15 March 1964 - Hobart, Tasmania

 

 

House of Assembly:(1) 20 February 1937 (2) 20 December 1945

Electorate: Denison

Party: ALP

Positions Held:

Date of Departure: (1) 13 December 1941 (2) 23 November 1946

Reason for Departure: (1) Defeated. (2) Defeated.

Comments:

Elected second time by recount on death of Dwer-Gray. War diaries FX Heerey A Tasmanian's Story of the Great War published 2004 and held by Parliamentary Library.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 437

Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.