Family background
John Hanafin was born on 30 May 1890 at Sydney, the son of Denis Hanafin and Mary Ann Hand.
He married Emma Violet Hodson (1911-1968) on 5 December 1910 at Sydney and they had 4 children. They lived at 24 Edward Street, Redfern. Hanafin died 13 October 1946 at Darlinghurst, NSW, aged 56 years, and was buried in the Catholic Section of Botany Cemetery.
Occupation & interests
John Hanafin, a Golden Grove Labor alderman worked as a labourer. He was representative of local alderman who were anti-communist, socially conservative with strong links to the union movement. Hanafin was a Freemason and a member of the Irish National Forrester’s.
Community activity
John Hanafin was a Justice of the Peace (JP).
Local government service
John Hanafin was first elected an alderman for Golden Grove Ward in 1925.
References
‘Advertising’, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 1925, p.3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16257320