John Albert Beasley was an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1928 to 1946. He served in the Australian War Cabinet from 1941 to 1946, and was a government min
Portrait of John Albert Beasley, MHR for West Sydney
Beasley as a young MP in 1929, alongside future prime minister Frank Forde (left)
Lang Labor MPs in 1935 including Beasley
Pensioners at election rally for Jim Beasley
The Australian Labor Party, which operated from 1940 to 1941, was a breakaway from the Australian Labor Party, and was associated with the Lang Labor faction and former New South Wales premier Jack La
Jack Beasley
…longer Premier and no longer had the support of the NSW Branch as a whole. Nevertheless, Beasley again supported Lang and became leader of the so-called Non-Communist Labor Party in federal Parliament. In 1941 Curtin again brought Lang's followers (although not Lang himself) back into the Labor Party. When Curtin became Prime…
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