Edward Kavanagh (Australian politician)

He was born in Sydney to publican William Kavanagh and Ellen Carty.

He attended Marist Brothers' College before going to sea on a coastal trading vessel.

He later worked as a tailor, and became involved in the Pressers' Union and through that with the Trades and Labor Council.

[1] In 1912 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member.

From 1937 to 1941 he was Apprenticeship and Conciliation Commissioner, and from 1941 to 1945 he was director of labour in the Commonwealth Ministry of Munitions.