Maurice Hynes

Maurice Patrick "Mossy"^[1] Hynes (29 September 1886 – 27 March 1939) was an Australian politician.

The Hon Maurice Hynes
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Townsville
In office 12 May 1923 – 27 March 1939
Preceded by	William Green
Succeeded by	George Keyatta
Personal details
Born	Maurice Patrick Hynes (1886-09-29)29 September 1886 Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Died	27 March 1939(1939-03-27) (aged 52) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Margaret Josephine Hennessey (m.1907 d.1964)
Occupation	Trade union organiser, labourer

He worked in northern and western Queensland as a railway worker, stockman and waterfront labourer before moving to Mackay where he became a sugar industry worker.

He was the Labor member for Townsville in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1923 to 1939. He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in William Forgan Smith's government.^[2]

Hynes died in 1939. He was accorded a state funeral^[3] which proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.^[4]