Joe Collings

Joe Collings
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office
7 October 1941 – 20 September 1943
Preceded byGeorge McLeay
Succeeded byRichard Keane
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office
1 July 1935 – 7 October 1941
Preceded byJohn Barnes
Succeeded byGeorge McLeay
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1932 – 30 June 1950
Preceded byWalter Cooper
Succeeded byArchie Benn
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
19 February 1920 – 23 March 1922
Personal details
Born
Joseph Silver Collings

(1865-05-11)11 May 1865
Brighton, England
Died20 June 1955(1955-06-20) (aged 90)
Brighton, Queensland
NationalityEnglish Australian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseKate McInerney (m. 1886 d. 1917)
OccupationTrade union official

Joseph Silver Collings (11 May 1865 – 20 June 1955) was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister.