Colin Tannock
Scottish-born Australian politician
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Colin Campbell Kennedy Tannock (2 April 1891 – 1 November 1972) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
2 April 1891
Colin Tannock | |
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Tannock in the 1930s | |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 24 November 1931 – 22 April 1952 | |
| President of the Federated Ironworkers' Union | |
| In office 1924–1926 | |
| In office 1953–1955 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Colin Campbell Kennedy Tannock 2 April 1891 |
| Died | 1 November 1972 (aged 81) |
| Party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Mary Anderson (m. 1915) |
Early life
He was born at Maryhill in Lanarkshire to gasfitter James Tannock and Euphemia Kennedy.
Carrer
Having migrated to New South Wales, he worked as an ironworker and was president of the Ironworkers' Union from 1924 to 1926, state secretary from 1926 to 19456, and president from 1955, as well as a delegate to the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Politics
Tannock served as the President of Langlea branch of the Labor Party.
Tannock was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1931 and remained a member when the council was changed to be indirectly elected in 1934. He left the Council in 1952 after failing to win preselection.
Personal life
Tannock married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on the 28th of January 1915 at St David’s Anglican Church in Surry Hills, Sydney.[1]
Tannock was an Anglican.
Death
Tannock died of acute myocardial infarction in Sydney in 1972 at a retirement home in Terrey Hills, Sydney.[2]
