Tom Shannon

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thomas John Shannon (9 December 1884 - 9 June 1954) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1927 until his death. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party(ALP) and the Australian Labor Party (NSW).Shannon was born in Redfern, New South Wales and was the son of a Cab Driver. He was educated to elementary level at St Benedict's, Broadway and worked as a grocer's boy and eventually as a real estate agent. He became involved with community organisations including the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, a provider of social security insurance, and was elected as an Alderman on Sydney City Council between 1921-27 and between 1930-48.