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Name
  
Fintan Walsh


Died
  
1963

Fintan Patrick Walsh

Fintan Patrick Walsh (13 August 1894 – 16 May 1963) was a notable New Zealand seaman, trade unionist and farmer. He was born in Patutahi, Poverty Bay, on the East Coast of New Zealand in 1894, and died in Wellington in 1963.

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He was a founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand.

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He was known as the 'Black Prince'. Walsh was the president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, the 'Red Feds' between 1953 and 1963.

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