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Justin O'Byrne was born on 1 June, 1912 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, is an Australian politician. Discover Justin O'Byrne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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1 June, 1912 |
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Date of death |
10 November, 1993 |
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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Australia
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Justin O'Byrne Height, Weight & Measurements
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Justin O'Byrne Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Justin O'Byrne worth at the age of 81 years old? Justin O'Byrne’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Australia. We have estimated Justin O'Byrne's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Justin Hilary O'Byrne, AO (1 June 1912 – 10 November 1993) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1947 to 1981, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
O'Byrne was born on 1 June 1912 in Launceston, Tasmania.
He was the seventh of ten children born to Mary Elizabeth (née Madden) and Patrick Augustus O'Byrne.
His father, a wine and spirit merchant, was the son of Irish immigrants.
O'Byrne grew up in the suburb of Trevallyn.
His parents were devout Catholics and he received his schooling at St Patrick's College, Launceston.
He left school at the age of 15 and found work at a textile factory.
In 1929 he began working as a laboratory assistant at the Rapson Tyre & Rubber Company while studying chemistry and accounting part-time at Launceston Technical College.
In 1930, during the Great Depression, O'Byrne travelled to Queensland from Melbourne on foot where he spent ten years working a variety of jobs including drover, fencer, bullock driver, tank sinker and station overseer.
He joined the Australian Workers' Union in 1935 and became a committed socialist, influenced by the writings of G. D. H. Cole, Harold Laski, and George Bernard Shaw.
In 1940 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot, becoming a member of the No. 452 Squadron RAAF which operated with No. 11 Group RAF during the Battle of Britain.
He was shot down over France in 1941 and was a prisoner of war in the Stalag Luft III prison camp in Germany for three years and nine months.
Following the war, O'Byrne stood for the Labor Party in Tasmania in the 1946 federal election, and was elected.
His term as Senator began on 1 July 1947, and from that point, he remained in the Senate representing Tasmania until 30 June 1981.
He was the last surviving member of the 1947-1950 Senate.
From 1968 to 1971 he was a joint "Father of the Senate", and from 1971 until his retirement he alone held this title.
He was President of the Senate from 1974 to 1975, including for the duration of the 1975 constitutional crisis that resulted in the dismissal of the Whitlam government.
Following the double dissolution of 11 April 1974 and subsequent federal election, O'Byrne was elected President of the Senate on 9 July 1974.
He held this office until the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975.
Senator Robert Ray said of O'Byrne's time as President of the Senate "Justin presided over the Senate during one of the most tumultuous and still controversial periods in Australian politics. The fact that there was not one dissent from his rulings, nor any vote of no confidence, is a testament to his performance and the high regard in which he was held by those on both sides of the chamber."
O'Byrne retired from the Senate at the 1980 election, his term ending on 30 June 1981.
His term of 34 years is the longest by a Tasmanian in federal parliament, the third-longest Senate term after George Pearce and Walter Cooper, and the second-longest continuous Senate term after Pearce.
On 26 January 1984, O'Byrne was made an Officer of the Order of Australia "for service to politics and government".
O'Byrne died on 10 November 1993, and a state funeral was held at the Church of the Apostles in Launceston.
