# Jim Sheehan
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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{About|the politician|the historian|James J. Sheehan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Jim Sheehan
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| image = James Michael Sheehan.jpg
| title = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia))
| term_start = 12 July 1938
| term_end = 20 September 1940
| predecessor = [John Barnes](/source/John_Barnes_(Australian_politician)) (died between election and beginning of term)
| successor = [John Spicer](/source/John_Spicer_(Australian_politician))
| term_start1 = 1 July 1944
| term_end1 = 30 June 1962
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1885|7|24}}
| birth_place = [Castlemaine, Victoria](/source/Castlemaine%2C_Victoria)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|4|10|1885|7|24}}
| death_place = [Castlemaine, Victoria](/source/Castlemaine%2C_Victoria)
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| party = [Australian Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party)
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| occupation = Railway worker, unionist
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'''James Michael Sheehan''' (24 July 1885 – 10 April 1967) was an Australian trade unionist and politician.
Born in [Castlemaine](/source/Castlemaine%2C_Victoria), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker.[{{Cite Au Senate |Sen id=sheehan-james-michael |name=SHEEHAN, James Michael (1885–1967) Senator for Victoria, 1938–40, 1944–62 (Australian Labor Party) |first=Helen |last=Doyle |year=2004 |access-date=2023-01-17}}] He was an organiser with the [Australian Workers' Union](/source/Australian_Workers'_Union) and President of the [Victorian Trades Hall](/source/Victorian_Trades_Hall) Council, as well as being an active member of the Victorian [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party).[{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Strangio|first=Paul|year=2002|volume=16|id2=sheehan-james-michael-11672|title=Sheehan, James Michael (1885–1967)|access-date=2023-01-18}}] On 12 July 1938, he was appointed to the [Australian Senate](/source/Australian_Senate) for Victoria to fill a casual vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator [John Barnes](/source/John_Barnes_(Australian_politician)). The [Australian Constitution](/source/Section_15_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia) dictated that an appointment to a casual vacancy was required to be re-contested at the next election and while Sheehan was number one on the Labor ticket, he was defeated in 1940 with the [UAP-Country coalition](/source/Coalition_(Australia)) winning all four seats.[{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=1940 Senate election: Victoria |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1940/1940senatevic.txt |accessdate=2023-01-18 |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive}}] He was third on Labor's ticket at the {{If|exist|Results of the 1943 Australian federal election (Senate)|[1943 election](/source/Results_of_the_1943_Australian_federal_election_(Senate))|[1943 election](/source/1943_Australian_federal_election)}}, with Labor winning all three seats,[{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=1943 Senate election: Victoria |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1943/1943senatevic.txt |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive}}] taking his place at the in 1944. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1961, taking effect in 1962.[{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |access-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archive-date=17 July 2007 }}]
Sheehan died on April 10, 1967, at the age of 81.