Jack Melloy
| Jack Melloy | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Nudgee |
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In office 28 May 1960 – 12 November 1977 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Ken Vaughan |
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John Melloy 10 November 1908 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 6 January 2006 (aged 97) Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Maude Garner (m.1933) |
| Relations | Vicky Darling |
| Children | Elaine Darling |
| Occupation | Dental technician, Trade union organiser |
John (Jack) Melloy (10 November 1908 – 6 January 2006) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the Australian Labor Party.
Jack Melloy was born in Brisbane, the youngest of six children of Charles Frederick Melloy and Ada Louise Crampton. Unlike his older siblings, Jack (formally John) had no middle name, which irritated him, so he sometimes called himself John Joseph Patrick Melloy.
He married Elizabeth Maude Garner on 24 June 1933. They had seven children: John, Elaine, Lynette, Carol, Noela, Geoffrey, and Christine.
Jack Melloy died at Redcliffe in 2006, aged 97. His wife Maude had died in 1995. The couple were survived by their 7 children, 50 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Jack Melloy was a dental technician. He was President and secretary of the Dental Technicians Association of Queensland. He served as the union representative on various dental committees. During World War II, he was a Staff Sergeant for the Australian Army Dental Corps from 1942 to 1946.
From 1951 to 1952 he was organiser and industrial advocate for the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union.
Jack Melloy joined the Australian Labor Party in 1922 at the age of 14. His interest in socialist politics was influenced by his trade unionist cousin Walter Russell Crampton.
Jack Melloy first ran for public office in 1949 as a Labor candidate for Buranda in Brisbane City Council elections but was unsuccessful.
He stood for the federal electorate of Lilley in 1955 and 1958 but was unsuccessful both times.
In 1960 he was the Labor candidate in the Queensland electorate of Nudgee (defeating Frank Sleeman, who was later Brisbane's Lord Mayor) and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He remained as member for Nudgee until his retirement in 1977.
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