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Lawrence O'Hara

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Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (30 April 1889 – 14 June 1919) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Taradale in New Zealand to labourer John O'Hara and Annie Dolan, both Irish-born. The family moved to Sydney when Lawrence was seven, and he was educated at Marist Brothers' College in Paddington. He worked as a clerk with the Immigration and Tourist Bureau from 1908 to 1916 and for the District Courts from 1916 to 1919. He was also a member of the Clerks' Union, the Australian Labor Party (serving on the central executive from 1917 to 1919) and a Paddington alderman (1917–19). In 1919 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Paddington, but he died twenty-two days later as a result of the influenza pandemic.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Mr Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (1889–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Paddington
1919
Succeeded by