death_place death_date birth_place party birth_date article_title name
lidcombe , new south wales 15 october 1945 balranald , new south wales australian labor party 1 january 1875 tom swiney
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tom swiney

thomas james swiney -lrb- 1 january 187515 october 1945 -rrb- was an australian politician .
he was a member of the new south wales legislative assembly for one term from 1920 until 1922 .
he was a member of the australian labor party -lrb- alp -rrb- .
swiney was born in balranald , new south wales and worked as a farmer .
at the 1920 election , he was the first candidate on the alp list and won the third and last position in the multi-member seat of byron .
swiney was defeated at the 1922 election by 223 votes .
he later held positions with the aboriginal protection board .
he did not hold ministerial or party office .
