User:Plaindrome/Jack Hughes (Australian politician)

Morris John Rodwell Hughes (1910 – 1998) was an Australian labor movement activist. He served as Secretary of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia and President of the Labor Council of New South Wales (1937-1941); active in the Australian Labor Party from 1927, he became a secret "dual member" of the Communist Party of Australia (1935-1940), a founder of the State Labor Party (1940-1944) and a leader of the Australian Communist Party.

Early life
Hughes was born in Sydney in 1910.

Clerks' Union
Hughes was Assistant NSW Branch Secretary, Federated Clerk's Union (FCU) 1933-1941; State Secretary 1942-1952; and National Vice President, 1942-1952; he was also President of the Labor Council of NSW, 1937-41.

ALP
Hughes was Rockdale Branch Secretary in 1927 and, by 1930, an office-bearer of local State and federal executive councils, 1930. In 1931 he was elected to NSW State Conference and to the Central Socialisation Committee in 1932.