Life Summary

Name	Edward John Hanson
Born	4 February, 1908 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	26 March, 1967 (aged 59) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	suicide
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hanson, Elizabeth Mabel (wife) Hanson, Edward Joseph (father)
Occupation or Descriptor *	house painter (1930-1939) Queensland, Australia public servant (1930-1939) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1939-1967) Queensland, Australia communist (1941-1967) Queensland, Australia pacifist (1945-1967) Queensland, Australia communist party organiser (1950-1966) Queensland, Australia
Key Organisations *	ACTU (executive member, ?-1967) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (Qld) (member, 1930-1967) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (Qld) (secretary, 1939-1967) Queensland Council of Unions (member, 1940-1966) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (federal) (president, 1952-1952) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (federal) (secretary, 1952-1954) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (federal) (president, 1954-1956) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (federal) (president, 1958-1967)
Political Activism *	ALP (Qld) (member, ?-1941) Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1941-1967)

* Dates are approximate

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