Patrick Hodgens Hickey (19 January 1882 – 25 January 1930) was a New Zealand trade unionist.

Blackball 1908

Born at Waimea South, near

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in 1882. Hickey rose to prominence as Secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Miners and a leader in the Blackball Miners' Union during

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. He stood as a

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candidate for in the 1911 general election against Hugh Poland and was Secretary of the United Federation of Labour in 1913. In

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he stood as Labour's candidate for the Wellington mayoralty, but was heavily defeated by Robert Wright. Hickey unsuccessfully stood for the

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on a Labour ticket in the 1923 local elections.

Australia

In 1915, Hickey was the organizer for the

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Railways Union and opposed conscription during World War I. He became President of the

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Labor Party in 1926 and was selected for the safe seat of

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in 1930 but died in the same year before the election. Hickey was only 48 years old.

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References

* ''Labour's Path to Political Independence: the Origins and Establishment of the NZLP 1900-19'' by

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(1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland) New Zealand trade unionists 1882 births 1930 deaths People from the Tasman District New Zealand Labour Party politicians Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1925 New Zealand general election New Zealand Socialist Party politicians New Zealand Labour Party (1910) politicians United Labour Party (New Zealand) politicians Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) politicians New Zealand expatriates in Australia {{NZLabour-politician-stub