Jack Miles (politician)
John Bramwell 'Jack' Miles (born September 5, 1888 in Wilton , Roxburghshire , Scotland , † May 17, 1969 in Naremburn , a district of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia ) learned the profession of stonemason and became general secretary of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA).
Early life
John Miles was the son of William Miles, a journeyman mason, and his wife Louisa, nee Wiggins. He went to school in Edinburgh before training as a stone cutter in the north of England. He worked in Newcastle and Consett in County Durham , where he became a member of the Independent Labor Party . On October 9, 1911, he married Elizabeth Jane Black. They emigrated to Brisbane in Queensland on March 31, 1913 .
Political life
In 1918 Miles became a member of the Queensland Socialist League. He joined when the Communist Party of Australia was founded in Sydney in 1920. He was elected to represent the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union and the United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland on the Trades and Labor Council . At a conference in December 1929 he won influence in the CPA with Bert Moxon and Lance Sharkey . In 1931 he was elected regional secretary of the CPA in Sydney. From 1934 to 1935 he stayed in the Soviet Union . When the CPA was banned in 1940 because of its anti-war stance, he went underground. The ban was lifted after the Soviet Union entered World War II . In 1948 he was appointed Secretary General. Miles ran for several unsuccessful Australian elections until 1953.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stuart Macintyre: Miles, John Bramwell (Jack) (1888–1969) , at adb.anu.ed.au (English), accessed February 20, 2015
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| SURNAME | Miles, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jack; John Bramwell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilton (Roxburghshire) , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 1969 |
| Place of death | Naremburn , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |