12 Facts About Frank Finnan

Francis Joseph Finnan was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1953.

Frank Finnan was a member of the Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1947 and 1953.

Frank Finnan was born in The Rocks and was educated at St Aloysius' College.

Frank Finnan initially worked as a shearer in Queensland and was an official in the Australian Workers' Union.

Frank Finnan was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for Hawkesbury at the 1941 state election.

The sitting United Australia Party member, Bruce Walker Jr, didn't stand as he was on trial for conspiracy charges, and Frank Finnan's victory helped Labor gain a majority at the election.

Frank Finnan held the seat at the next 2 elections but a redistribution prior to the 1950 state election made the seat unwinnable for Labor.

Frank Finnan successfully stood for the new seat of Darlinghurst at the 1950 election.

Frank Finnan then retired from state politics and was granted retention of the "Honourable" title for life by Queen Elizabeth II.

Frank Finnan then moved to Newcastle where he was appointed by Premier Cahill as president of the Hunter District Water Board.

Frank Finnan was a council-member of Newcastle University College, chairman of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation, a member of the Newcastle Regional Development Committee and of the Newcastle International Sports Centre Trust, and a director of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah.

Frank Finnan was a patient of the same hospital and died there in 1966.