Facts: - parliament: australian - successor: arthur beck - constituency mp: denison - death date: 16 september 1955 - predecessor: arthur hutchin - party: australian labor party - term end: 21 september 1940 - term start: 15 september 1934 - birth date: 24 may 1892 - name: gerald mahoney - nationality: australian - birth place: tasmania - occupation: painter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerald mahoney .
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gerald william mahoney -lrb- 24 may 1892 -- 16 september 1955 -rrb- was an australian politician .born in tasmania , he was educated in that state at latrobe , becoming a painter and an official of the painters ' union .in 1931 he was elected to the tasmanian house of assembly as a labor member for denison .in 1934 , he transferred to federal politics , defeating united australia party mp arthur hutchin for the federal seat of denison .he held the seat until his defeat by uap candidate arthur beck in 1940 .mahoney became a public servant and died in 1955 .