Francis Heerey

Francis Xavier Heerey (21 September 1891 15 March 1964) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In 1937 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison. He served until his defeat in 1941, but he was returned to the House in 1945 in a recount following the death of Sir Edmund Dwyer-Gray. He was defeated again at the 1946 state election. Heerey died in Hobart in 1964. His diaries from his service in World War I were published posthumously in 2004.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "Heerey, Francis Xavier". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 7 November 2013.


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