Percy Clarey

Percy James Clarey was an Australian trade union leader and politician.

Clarey was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria, the fifth child of general agent Francis William Clarey and Jessie Littlejohn Clarey, ne Lawson. The family soon moved to Melbourne, and Percy attended South Yarra State School and the Working Mens College. In his youth, Clarey was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, and walked with crutches for the rest of his life. Employed as a clerk, he was Victorian president of the Federated Clerks Union by the time he wasand federal president at 27. He also served as federal president of both the Amalgamated Food Preservers Union of Australia and the Federated Storemen and Packers Union of Australia.

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