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Life Summary

Name	John James McDonald
Born	21 July, 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died	19 June, 1934 (aged 64) Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Christian Brothers College (East Melbourne) (student, 1883-1887) Royal University of Ireland (student, ?-?)
Occupation or Descriptor *	goldminer (1895-1908) Western Australia, Australia labour politician (1911-1914) Western Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1911-1914) Western Australia, Australia cordial and soft drink manufacturer (1914-1921) Victoria, Australia Irish nationalist (1915-1934) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1915-1934) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Victorian Irish Association (member, ?-1934) Australian Workers' Union (WA) (member, 1908) Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (member, 1914) Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (vice president, 1915-1916) Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (committee member, 1915) Victorian Trades Hall Council (delegate, 1915) Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (president, 1916-1918) Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (assistant secretary, 1921-1934)
Political Activism *	ALP (WA) (member, ?-1914) ALP (WA) (politician, 1911-1914) anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Western Australia (Leg. Assembly - member, 1911-1914)

* Dates are approximate