Brian Bannon
Brian Joseph BannonOAM(22 August 1930 – 6 October 2017) was an Australian politician. He was theLabormember forRockdalein theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyfrom 1959 to 1986. He died in Sydney on 6 October 2017.
Biography
[edit]Bannon was born inBelmoreinSydneyto storeman Victor Bannon and his wife Kathleen Wilkie. He was educated at St Thomas School inLewishamand Marist Brothers inKogarah,before becoming a clerk in the Public Trust Office in 1948 and private secretary to stateRockdaleMPJohn McGrath.He joined theLabor Partyon 5 October 1952 and rose to become Assistant Secretary of the ALP Youth Council. He was also a footballer, playing two years (1950–51) forSt Georgein the President's Cup.[1]
When McGrath retired in 1959, Bannon was selected as his replacement as Labor candidate for Rockdale. He won the seat by a narrow margin, and held it with much safer margins over the following years. Having spent over twenty-five years as a backbencher, he resigned in 1986 to make way for newPremierBarrie Unsworth,who needed to transfer to the Assembly from theLegislative Council.Bannon was appointed Chairman of theHomebush State Sports CentreTrust in return for his resignation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Mr Brian Joseph Bannon".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved3 May2019.
- ^Green, Antony."Elections for the District of Rockdale".New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved30 April2019.