John Joseph McDonald

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John Joseph McDonald
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Bass
In office
9 June 1934  16 April 1945
Personal details
Born (1904-03-25)25 March 1904
Gormanston, Tasmania, Australia
Died 24 February 1959(1959-02-24) (aged 54)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Political party Australian Labor Party
Domestic partner Marjorie Holgate
Relations James McDonald (father)
Thomas Raymond McDonald (brother)
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Australian Army
Years of service 1940–1943
Rank Lieutenant
Unit 1st Motor Brigade

John Joseph McDonald (25 March 1904 – 24 February 1959) was Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly for the electorate of Bass from 9 June 1934 until his resignation on 16 April 1945. He was the son of James McDonald and the brother of Thomas Raymond McDonald, both also members of the Tasmanian Parliament.[1]

From 1940 to 1943, during World War II, McDonald served in the Australian Army with the 1st Motor Brigade, and was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant.[2]

McDonald, then a bookmaker,[3] was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in 1951 for the manslaughter in Burnie of his then de facto wife Marjorie Holgate (also known as Marjorie McDonald).[4] John McDonald was released in April 1956, and then served as a public service clerk in the Public Works Department at Poatina until his death.[5]

References

  1. http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/mcdonaldj427.htm
  2. MCDONALD, JOHN JOSEPH, WW2 Nominal Roll.
  3. "Bookmaker On Murder Charge.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 8 February 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 
  4. The Argus (Melbourne), 17 April 1951, page 20.
  5. Bennett and Bennett (1980), page 105.

Further reading

  • Bennett, Scott; Bennett, Barbara (1980), A Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851–1960, Canberra, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1080-0
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890–1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6. 

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