Michael Timothy Brosnan (5 December 1907 – 20 July 1966) was a

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and member of the

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Biography

Brosnan was born in the outback

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town of Winton to parents Michael Brosnan and his wife Edith Elizabeth (née Kettle). He worked for the Tramway Department of the

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as an electrical fitter and mechanic from 1928 until 1944. He then became an organiser for the Electrical Trades Union from 1944 to 1950 and then was licensee at a series of hotels in

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, and

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. On 18 January 1933 he married Merle Isabel Adeline Cutlack (died 1990)Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 26 March 2016. and together had one son. Brosnan died at

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in Brisbane in July 1966 and was buried in the

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Public career

Brosnan was the

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member for the Queensland state seat of

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from 1950 until 1957. In the 1957 split of the Labor Party in Queensland, he sided with Premier

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and most of his cabinet in forming the

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. Brosnan lost his seat to the

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Candidate, Bob Windsor at the

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held later that year.Windsor, Mr Robert Levi (Bob)
—

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. Retrieved 2 April 2016. While a member of the

, he held the following party positions: * Member, ALP Industrial Groups Executive * Member, Queensland ALP Executive Committee, 1953 - 1956 * Delegate, Queensland Central Executive, 1953 - 1956 * Queensland delegate to the federal ALP conference, 1956 He was also the sole Australian delegate at the General Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Ottawa, Canada in 1952.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brosnan, Michael Timothy Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1907 births 1966 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Queensland Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians