Jack Duggan (politician)
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The Honourable Jack Duggan OAM |
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On the eve of the June 1957 split, Labor’s new deputy leader Dr Felix Dittmer (left) with the new leader Jack Duggan (centre) and the Speaker Johnno Mann
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| Deputy Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 16 March 1953 – 7 June 1957 |
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| Premier | Vince Gair |
| Preceded by | Tom Foley |
| Succeeded by | Ted Walsh |
| Leader of the Opposition of Queensland | |
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In office 18 August 1958 – 11 October 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Donald |
| Succeeded by | Jack Houston |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba |
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In office 14 December 1935 – 3 August 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Evan Llewelyn |
| Succeeded by | Mervyn Anderson |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for North Toowoomba |
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In office 31 May 1958 – 28 May 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Leslie Wood |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba West |
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In office 28 May 1960 – 17 May 1969 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Ray Bousen |
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John Edmund Duggan 30 December 1910 Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 19 June 1993 (aged 82) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | ALP |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice Mary Dunne (m.1935 d.1984) |
| Occupation | Shop assistant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
John Edmund "Jack" Duggan (30 December 1910 - 19 June 1993) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the Deputy Premier of Queensland from 1953 until 1957 and Leader of the Opposition of Queensland from 1958 until 1966.
Duggan was born at Port Augusta, South Australia, the son of John Stephen Duggan and his wife Charlotte (née Mathieson). He was educated at the Marree and Hoyleton primary schools before attending a Marist Brothers college in South Australia. By the age of 14 he was orphaned with his mother dying in December 1922 during child birth and his father dying from spinal tuberculosis two years later and Duggan and his siblings were cared for by an auntie and uncle in Toowoomba. He then left school and took up a job as a sales assistant to help support his younger brothers and sisters.
He gained official leave from parliament to join the Australian Army in 1941 during World War II, serving in the 25th Battalion seeing action in New Guinea. By the time he was discharged in 1944 he had risen to the rank of captain.
On Boxing Day, 1935 he married Beatrice Mary Dunne at St Patrick's Cathedral in Toowoomba and together had one son and one daughter. Duggan died in June 1993 and his funeral was held at St Patrick's Cathedral and proceeded to the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.
Duggan was the state president of the Shop Assistants Union and also president of the Toowoomba branch of the ALP at just 21 years of age. Three years later, he won the seat of Toowoomba for the Labor Party in the 1935 by-election to replace the sitting member, Evan Llewelyn. He went on to represent Toowoomba for the next 22 years.
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