Life Summary - Christopher James (Chris) Bennett

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Bennett, Christopher James (Chris) (1867–1930)

	Bennett, Christopher James (Chris) (1867–1930)
Born	28 May, 1867 Kapunda , South Australia , Australia
Died	12 December, 1930 (aged 63) East Melbourne, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Religious Influence	Catholic
Occupation*	trade union official (1890-1912) South Australia, Australia trade union official (1914-1930) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Victoria, Australia
Clubs*	Celtic Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1930)
Key Organisations*	Eight Hours Day Committee (SA) (secretary) Eight Hours Day Committee (Vic) (president) Melbourne Trades Hall Council (president) Railway and Tramway Employees Association of South Australia (organiser) RMIT University (administration) (council member, ?-1930) Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society of Australia (Vic) (secretary, 1914-1930)
Political Activism*	ALP (Vic) (member, 1914-1930) anti-conscriptionist (activist, 1916-1917)

* Dates are approximate

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