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Angus & Robertson, 1989. Softcover. FINE!. AUSTRALIANA POLITICSJohn Thomas Kane (23 July 1908 â 27 October 1988) was an Australian politician. Born in Burraga, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools in Lithgow, after which he became a coalminer. He was Vice-President of the Transport Workers' Union 1952â1956 and Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party 1952â1955. In 1955, he was expelled from the Labor Party together with many other members, joining with them to form the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). He was the NSW DLP General Secretary 1956â1971 and the Federal Secretary 1957â71.[1]In 1970, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a DLP Senator for New South Wales. Kane's election to the Senate resulted from a decision of the New South Wales Branch of the ALP to allocate preferences in favour of the DLP ticket rather than to the lead candidate of the Australia Party, television…
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Exploding the Myths: The Political Memoirs of Jack Kane Paperback - 1989
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- Title Exploding the Myths: The Political Memoirs of Jack Kane
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- Date 1989
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North Ryde Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1989 Senator Jack Kane was, for more than twenty years, one of the great characters, and to his many admirers one of the great men, of Australian politics - the embodiement of the ebullient, unpretentious Irish-Australian Catholic Labor man. Still regarded as one of the most efficient administrators the NSW Labor Party ever had, he left the party during the great split of the fifties to become one of the founding members of the DLP. Excellent condition. Several copies are available. 292 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).
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