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Kavanagh, Edward John

Politician and trade unionist who took a leading role in the Great Strike of 1917. A great believer in arbitration, he was the made deputy industrial commissioner under the Lang government, the first lay person to hold the office. 

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Born
Sydney
30 Oct 1871
Died
Concord
10 Oct 1956
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