James O'Sullivan (1867 – 22 April 1921) was a member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Biography
O'Sullivan was born in
Horsham
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,
Sussex
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[ the son of Flurence O'Sullivan][Family history research]
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 March 2016. and his wife Catherine (née McCarthy). He married Anastasia O'Brien at Mount Morgan in 1897 and they had two sons.[
He died in ]Brisbane
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in April 1921 and his funeral proceeded from St. Mary's Catholic Church, South Brisbane
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to the Toowong Cemetery
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Public career
O'Sullivan held the seat of Kennedy
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for the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1909 until his defeat in 1920.[
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References
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
1867 births
1921 deaths
Burials at Toowong Cemetery
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
British emigrants to Australia