Education
Born in Sydney, he attended Catholic schools before becoming an engine-driver and official of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen.
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Thomas Sheehan
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In 1937, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Cook. In 1940, when the New South Wales Caucus of the Labor Party split, Sheehan joined the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) under the leadership of Jack Language. He held the seat for the rest of his life.
Thomas married Annie O"Mara and had four children, Stanley, Thomas, May and Kenneth.
On the same day Mr Sheehan was spoken about warmly in the Australian Senate by Senators O" Sullivan (Queensland), McKenna (Tasmania), and Armstrong (NSW). Mr Armstrong said that "He lavished on his family an affection that I have never seen equalled, an affection that would be impossible to describe to this chamber.".
Politics
He was involved in local politics as a member of Newtown City Council. However, in 1941 John Curtin reunited the party, and Sheehan and the other Language Labor members rejoined the federal ALP.
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Political Party
Australian Labor Party