Jack Henry (Australian communist)

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Jack Henry
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Leader of the Communist Party in Queensland
In office
March 1937 –1948

Notes

  1. 1 2 Of candidates running.

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References

  1. ↑ "Obituary". Tribune. No. 1949. New South Wales, Australia. 12 May 1976. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Long, Gillian (11 August 2020). "Jack Henry, a Communist Leader in Australia's "Deep North"". Jacobin .
  3. ↑ Wills, Peter (27 September 2021). "Vale Jack Henry". cpa.org.au. Communist Party of Australia (CPA).
  4. 1 2 3 4 Menghetti, Diane (1981). The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University.
  5. ↑ Frost, Andrew. "The Communist Party in North Queensland During the Thirties and Forties". auscp.org.au.
  6. ↑ "Election Meeting Calls For Unity". Workers' Weekly . No. 788. New South Wales, Australia. 9 April 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Jack Henry's Triumph". Tribune . No. 47. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "New State Secretary". Tribune. No. 111. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 16 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "C.P.A. Expels J. C. Henry in Q'Land". Tribune . No. 1685. New South Wales, Australia. 2 December 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ Hughes, CA; Graham, BD (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890–1964 (PDF). Australia National University (ANU).
  11. ↑ "1934 Federal Election: House of Representatives – Queensland". psephos.adam-carr.net.
  12. ↑ "1946 Federal Election: House of Representatives – Queensland". psephos.adam-carr.net.
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