Michael Considine
| Michael Considine | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Barrier |
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In office 5 May 1917 – 16 December 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Josiah Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
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| Born | c. 26 January 1885 County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | 2 November 1959 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Australian |
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Labor (1917–19) Independent (1919–20) ISLP (1920–22) |
| Spouse(s) | Bessie Washington |
| Occupation | Unionist |
Michael Patrick Considine (c. 26 January 1885 – 2 November 1959) was an Irish-born Australian politician and unionist. He represented the seat of Barrier in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922. A controversial figure, Considine was pressured to resign from the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He won in 1919 as an independent before joining the Industrial Socialist Labor Party in 1920, but his seat was abolished for the 1922 election and he was defeated in an attempt to transfer to the seat of Darling.
Considine was born in County Mayo, Ireland, the son of Michael Patrick Considine and Margaret Josephine, née Lowney. He and his mother came to New South Wales in 1890, living first at Kempsey and then at Sydney. He was prominent in the 1908 tramway worker strike, and was a member of the Socialist Federation of Australia, resigning in 1909 after the Broken Hill strike of 1909. In 1910, he was sentenced to six months in gaol after demonstrating against Charles Wade's government and the gaoling of Peter Bowling. After his release, Considine moved to Broken Hill in 1911.
During World War I, Considine was president of the militant Amalgamated Miners' Association and was a member of the Marxist Australian Socialist Party, but he resigned from the latter due to his support for unions. At Eaglehawk, Victoria on 23 January 1918 he married Bessie Washington.
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