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Francis (Frank) Brennan (1873 – 6 November 1950) was an Australian lawyer and Australian Labor Party politician. Brennan was born at Upper Emu Creek near Bendigo, Victoria and was a younger brother of Tom Brennan, later an assistant minister in the conservative Lyons government. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and achieved an LL.B. in 1901. He established a legal business specialising in union cases and became a Catholic layman. He joined the Labor Party in 1907 and unsuccessfully contested Bendigo in 1910,〔Colin Cleary (1999), ''Bendigo Labor. The Maintenance of Traditions in a Regional City'', Epsom, Victoria, p.47〕 but won Batman at a by-election in 1911. In 1913 he married Cecilia Mary O'Donnell. Following Labor's election win in 1929, Brennan became Attorney-General in the Scullin Ministry, but was not particularly effective in this role. However, he lost his seat in the 1931 election as a result of the swing against Labor as a result of the Great Depression and a split in the Labor Party. He'd gone into the election holding Batman with a comfortably safe majority of 25.8 percent, but was defeated by United Australia Party challenger Samuel Dennis on an unheard-of swing of 26.6 percent. He recovered Batman in a rematch against Dennis in the 1934 election and held it until his retirement in 1949. Brennan is the father of prominent author the late Niall Brennan, a biographer of both Archbiship Daniel Mannix〔Niall Brennan (1964) ''Dr Mannix'', Rigby, Adelaide〕 and businessman John Wren.〔Niall Brennan (1971), ''John Wren: Gambler. His Life and Times'', Hill of Content, Melbourne〕 Brennan died of hypertensive vascular disease in Melbourne. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Brennan (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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