Maurice Patrick "Mossy"Hynes, Maurice Patrick (1885–1939)
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''. Retrieved 15 February 2015. Hynes (29 September 1886 – 27 March 1939) was an Australian politician. He worked in northern and western Queensland as a railway worker, stockman and waterfront labourer before moving to Mackay where he became a sugar industry worker. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1923 to 1939. He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in

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's government. Hynes died in 1939. He was accorded a

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which proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the

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.Hynes, Maurice Patrick
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

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1886 births 1939 deaths Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Place of birth missing Burials at Toowong Cemetery Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians Australian waterside workers {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub