Alex Finlay

Alexander "Alex" Finlay (14 November 1887 – 2 March 1963) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he moved to South Australia as a child and received a primary education in Adelaide. He became a carriage painter, and an organiser with the Coachbuilders' Union. After serving in the military 1914–1918, he was federal President of the Vehicle Builders' Union (successor to the Coachbuilders' Union). In 1943, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for South Australia. He held the seat until his retirement in 1953. Finlay died in 1963.