15 Facts About Parker Moloney

Parker John Moloney was an Australian politician.

Parker Moloney was Minister for Markets and Minister for Transport in the Scullin government from 1929 to 1932.

Parker Moloney became a teacher at John O'Hara's South Melbourne College in 1902 and then at University High School.

In 1910 Parker Moloney won the Victorian seat of Indi for Labor.

Parker Moloney lost it in 1913, but regained it in 1914.

Parker Moloney relocated to New South Wales and, in 1919, became the first Labor representative for Hume.

Parker Moloney was one of only a small number of people who have represented more than one state or territory in the Parliament.

In 1928, Parker Moloney fell gravely ill with appendicitis, and was operated on by his fellow MP, Earle Page.

Parker Moloney was Minister for Markets and Transport from 1929 to 1931, as part of the Scullin government.

Parker Moloney negotiated Australia's first trade treaty with Canada, and was rewarded with a parliamentary ovation.

Parker Moloney sold his house and moved in with his sister-in-law.

Parker Moloney was closely associated with Archbishop Daniel Mannix, and was always interested in horse-racing.

Parker Moloney died on 8 May 1961 and was given a state funeral.

Parker Moloney was remembered by Archbishop Guilford Young as "outstanding among a great generation of Catholic men who had a special Catholic ethos".

Parker Moloney spoke of his conviction that the Catholic Church was the one true church and according to The Advocate was of the view that "the Christian religion was being assailed as never before by a ruthless enemy pledged to an insidious Marxian doctrine aimed at the complete dethronement of God".