Victor Kearney

Victor Kearney
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Cunningham
In office
1 April 1956 – 1 November 1963
Preceded byBilly Davies
Succeeded byRex Connor
Personal details
Born(1903-12-10)10 December 1903
Armidale, New South Wales
Died21 January 1982(1982-01-21) (aged 78)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationUnionist

Victor Dennis Kearney (10 December 1903 – 21 January 1982) was an Australian politician born in Armidale, New South Wales, and educated there at De la Salle College, who became an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union and then secretary of the Canberra Trades and Labour Council.

In 1956, Kearney was elected unopposed to the Australian House of Representatives seat of Cunningham, representing the Labor Party, in the by-election caused by the death of Billy Davies. This was the last time a member with full voting rights was returned unopposed to the House.

Kearney held the seat until he retired in 1963, although he unsuccessfully tried to regain Cunningham as an independent in 1966. Later, having moved to Queensland, he became a member of the Democratic Labor Party, contesting the seat of McPherson for the DLP in 1972. He died in 1982.[1]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 17 May 2008.