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Life Summary

Name	John Patrick Ducker
Born	29 March, 1932 Hull, Yorkshire, England
Died	25 November, 2005 (aged 73) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Short, Laurence Elwyn (colleague) Whitlam, Edward Gough (colleague) Hills, Patrick Darcy (colleague) Hawke, Robert James (colleague)
Passenger Ship *	Ranchi (1950) (passenger)
Occupation or Descriptor *	iron and steel worker (1952-1960) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1952-1967) New South Wales, Australia labour party organiser (1967-1979) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1972-1979) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1972-1979) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Clubs *	Harbord Diggers club (Sydney) (member, ?-2005) Manly Leagues Club (Sydney) (member, ?-2005) NSW Leagues' Club (member, ?-2005)
Key Organisations *	ACTU (vice president) Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (company director) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (life member, ?-2005) GIO (company director) Hills Motorway Group (company director) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (NSW) Maritime Services Board (NSW) (commissioner) Qantas (company director) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1952-1959) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (member, 1952-2005) Unions NSW (organiser, 1961-1967) Unions NSW (assistant secretary, 1967)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1951) ALP (NSW) (politician, 1972-1979) ALP (NSW) (life member, 1992-2005)
Workplaces *	Public Service Board (NSW) (chair) Parliament of New South Wales (Leg. Council - member, 1972-1979) Public Service Board (NSW) (board member, 1979)

* Dates are approximate