John Sweeney

Who is John Sweeney?

John Thomas Sweeney was an Australian politician.

Born at Campbelltown to farmer Michael Sweeney and Mary Ann, née Rudd, he was a miner at Bulli. In 1893 he married Virginia Mary Grace Standen, with whom he had seven children. From 1916 to 1931 he was secretary of the Southern District Miners' Federation, and he served on the central executive of the Australian Labor Party from 1923 to 1924. In 1933 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Bulli, serving until his retirement in 1947. Sweeney died later that year at Russell Vale and was buried at Bulli.