Portrait of The Honourable Thomas Joseph Ryan, Premier of Queensland. Thomas Joseph Ryan (1 July 1876 - 1 August 1921) was Premier of Queensland from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter Federal politics. The Ryan government was the first majority Australian Labor Party government of Queensland as a result of the 1915 election. Some of the eight members of his Cabinet had connections with the early ALP of the 1880s and the Shearer's Strike. His government would provide the example which would see Labor in power in Queensland almost continuously until 1957. Major reform of La
Portrait of The Honourable Thomas Joseph Ryan, Premier of Queensland. Thomas Joseph Ryan (1 July 1876 - 1 August 1921) was Premier of Queensland from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter Federal politics. The Ryan government was the first majority Australian Labor Party government of Queensland as a result of the 1915 election. Some of the eight members of his Cabinet had connections with the early ALP of the 1880s and the Shearer's Strike. His government would provide the example which would see Labor in power in Queensland almost continuously until 1957. Major reform of Labor laws and agricultural policy were part of the Ryan legacy. Ryan was asked by a resolution of a special federal conference to enter federal politics, the only occasion that such a motion has been passed. He was Campaign Director for the Labor Party during the 1919 Federal election and was elected to the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament as the Member for West Sydney. He had been widely touted as a likely Labor leader before his premature death in 1921. Description source: )
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