John Grant
Senator for New South Wales
In office
5 September 1914 – 30 June 1920
In office
1 July 1923 – 19 May 1928
Succeeded byAlbert Gardiner
Personal details
Born1857
Abernethy, Scotland
Died19 May 1928 (aged 70–71)
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityScottish Australian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseMaet Anne Grant
OccupationStonemason

John Grant (1857 – 19 May 1928) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was married to the politician Mary Anne Grant.

Life

Born in Abernethy, he received a primary education before becoming a stonemason. Migrating to the Colony of New South Wales in 1880, he became Secretary of the Stonemasons' Union and a founding member of the New South Wales Labor Party. He served as the NSW ALP's General Secretary.

He married Scottish born Mary Anne Grant (born Kearney)[1] and she was one of the six women elected to the New South Wales Labor Party's executive in January 1906. The other five were Kate Dwyer, Harriet Powell, the 1903 parliamentary candidate Selina Siggins, the American born A. E. Gardiner, Edith Bethel and Maggie Hall.[2] He and Mary had one child, Frank.[1]

He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1914 as a Labor Senator from New South Wales. Defeated in 1919, he returned to the Senate in 1922, holding the seat until his death in 1928.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hawker, Geoffrey (2000). "GRANT, John (1857–1928)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Harriet Powell: Labor Organiser". Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
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