John Quirk (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Quirk (politician)
- John Quirk (18 May 1870 – 13 December 1938) was an Australian politician. Quirk was born at Balmain in Sydney to dairyman John Quirk and Margaret, née McClapperty.
- After attending St Joseph's School in Rozelle, he joined the Postmaster-General's department in 1886 and began a long-running position at the Balmain post-office.
- In 1889 he married Sarah Gaillie in Sydney, with whom he had five children.
- A founder of the Letter Carriers' Union (which became the Postal Workers' Union), he was also a founding member of the Rozelle Labor League in 1893.
- In 1917 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Rozelle.
- With the introduction of proportional representation he became a member for Balmain from 1920 to 1927, when he returned to Rozelle.
- Rozelle was abolished in 1930 and Quirk moved back to the seat of Balmain.
- He had married his second wife, Mary Deal, around 1917, and she succeeded him as the Labor MP after he died in 1938.
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