Jack Kavanagh (politician)
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12 July 1879
Jack Kavanagh | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Communist Party of Australia | |
| In office 1925–1929 | |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Moxon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Patrick Marcus Kavanagh 12 July 1879 |
| Died | 6 July 1964 (aged 84) Loftus, New South Wales, Australia |
| Citizenship | |
| Party | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1900–1906 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War |
John Patrick Marcus Kavanagh (12 July 1879 – 6 July 1964) was a socialist leader in Canada and Australia.
He was a leading member of the Socialist Party of Canada from 1908 to 1921. At the founding meeting of the Worker's Party of Canada, which was the public face of the underground Communist Party of Canada, he was elected to the National Executive Committee of the party in February 1922.[1]
Political activism in Australia
Kavanagh moved to Australia in 1925, and was a central leader of the Communist Party of Australia until 1930, when the Comintern removed him from the leadership. He was expelled from the party in January 1931, readmitted, and then expelled a second time in 1934 after being accused of Trotskyism. In 1940, Kavanagh joined the Communist League of Australia which was the Australian section of the Fourth International.[1]
