Patrick Kerry Copley (11 December 1901 – 18 July 1949)Motion Of Condolence
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Biography

Copley was born in

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, the son of Patrick Kerry Copley Snr and his wife Ada Cecilia (née Sloane). His brother

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(Jack) Copley represented the seat of

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in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was educated at Christian Brothers colleges in Ipswich, Maryborough and Townsville and

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. In 1920 he worked for the Public Curator's office and in 1924 he was a department representative for the Queensland State Service Union and was its president 1926–1928. He then became a barrister in 1927 and a year later had his own law practice. He married Dorothy Roberts Jones in February 1939. Copley died of a heart attack in July 1949 and his funeral proceeded from St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral to the

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Public career

Copley, for the Labor Party, contested the seat of Kurilpa at the 1929 Queensland state election but was defeated by the sitting member, James Fry. He contested Kurilpa again in

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and defeated Fry on the back of a state-wide swing to Labor. He went on to hold the seat until his death in 1949. He was a keen sportsman and was a member of the Queensland Amateur Athletics Association, the South Brisbane Harriers, and the West End Cricket Club. He was secretary of the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Nudgee Orphanage Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Copley, Patrick Kerry Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1901 births 1949 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery Australian barristers Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians