Henry Ryan (politician)

Henry Joseph Ryan (1873 – 17 January 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Ballarat[1] and on arrival in North Queensland took up mining.

He was a delegate at the 1913 Rockhampton conference when the AWA was absorbed into the Australian Workers' Union.

[4] Ryan defeated the sitting member for Cook, Henry Douglas of the Queensland Liberal Party,[5] after previously standing unsuccessfully against him at the 1912 state election.

[6] Ryan represented Cook for fourteen years before being defeated by James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party in 1929.