Francis Edward O'Flynn, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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New Zealand politician
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About Francis Edward O'Flynn
- Francis Edward O’Flynn (24 July 1872 – 18 June 1942) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 22 September 1937 to 18 June 1942, when he died aged 69.
- He was appointed by the Labour Government. He was born in Greymouth, and was a schoolteacher.
- He was headmaster of Runanga School, and as a civil servant could not engage in politics.
- He wrote pamphlets for first the Socialist Party and then the Labour Party under the pseudonym of Ballot Box.
- In 1912 he co-authored a pamphlet about the Waihi miners' strike The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike with Harry Holland and Robert Samuel Ross. He married Margaret Helen Valentine Duncan in 1915.
- Their son Frank O'Flynn was a lawyer and Labour Member of Parliament.
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