William Mahony (politician)

William Mahony
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dalley
In office
6 May 1915  18 January 1927
Preceded by Robert Howe
Succeeded by Ted Theodore
Personal details
Born 1877
Ireland
Died 28 August 1962 (aged 8485)
Nationality Irish Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Occupation Grocer's assistant

William George Mahony (1877 28 August 1962) was an Australian politician.

Born in Ireland, he migrated to Australia as a child and received a primary education before becoming a grocer's assistant. He became Secretary of the Grocers' Assistants' Union. In the by-election that resulted from the death of Robert Howe in 1915, Mahony was elected unopposed to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Dalley. He held the seat until 1927, when he resigned and was succeeded by the former Premier of Queensland, Ted Theodore. In 1928, a Royal Commission found that Mahony had been bribed to resign from the Parliament, probably by or for Theodore, but proof was never found. Mahony died in 1962.[1]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Robert Howe
Member for Dalley
1915 1927
Succeeded by
Ted Theodore


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