Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (30 April 1889 – 14 June 1919) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Taradale in New Zealand to labourer John O'Hara and Annie Dolan, both Irish-born. The family moved to Sydney when Lawrence was seven, and he was educated at Marist Brothers' College in Paddington. He worked as a clerk with the Immigration and Tourist Bureau from 1908 to 1916 and for the District Courts from 1916 to 1919. He was also a member of the Clerks' Union, the Australian Labor Party (serving on the central executive from 1917 to 1919) and a Paddington alderman (1917–19).[1]
In 1919 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Paddington, but he died twenty-two days later as a result of the influenza pandemic.[2][3] He is buried in the Waverley Cemetery.
References
edit- ^ "Mr Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (1889–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Late Mr. L. J. O'HARA". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25, 412. New South Wales, Australia. 17 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death of Ald. O'HARA, M.L.A." The Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 16 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.