Thomas A. Maloney

1954 Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-04-1924	Republican	SD-23	4901	Win
11-06-1928	Republican	SD-23	3622	Win
11-08-1932	Republican	AD-20	7820	Win
11-06-1934	Republican	AD-20	10470	Win
11-03-1936	Republican	AD-20	10154	Win
11-08-1938	Republican	AD-20	11427	Win
11-05-1940	Republican	AD-20	13923	Win
11-03-1942	Republican	AD-20	12246	Win
11-07-1944	Republican	AD-20	18896	Win
11-05-1946	Republican	AD-20	14798	Win
11-02-1948	Republican	AD-20	22499	Win
11-07-1950	Republican	AD-20	19966	Win
11-04-1952	Republican	AD-20	26794	Win
11-02-1954	Republican	AD-20	19590	Win
11-06-1956	Republican	AD-20	17148	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Aloysius Maloney
Born: May 22, 1889 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Helen Margaret Toomey
Children: Thomas V., John R., Alice, and Barbara
Died: January 15, 1986 in Belmont, CA

1943-1956: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly

• FATHER OF THE CODE: Maloney authored AB 2100 (1937), which established the California Labor Code.
• LEGISLATION: Author of the Shelley-Malone Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939 (establishing the CA Apprenticeship Council within the Department of Industrial Relations. 
• LEGISLATION: An Los Angeles Times obituary quoted Maloney saying "one of the most satisfying pieces of legislation he ever authored was the one that permitted the sale of pre-colored margerine." 
• LEGISLATION: Maloney authored a bill in 1955 which would have required licensing for gardeners. The sponsor of the bill (Rose Fanucchi of the San Fracnsico Gardeners Association) said that "regulation is needed to protect the public from untrained gardeners who may damage plantings and to protect expert gardeners from competition." The bill died in the Assembly Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy.

Source: California Blue Book (1928), (1932), (1946), (1950)

Source: "Assembly Group Spurns Bill to License Gardeners" by the AP, Los Angeles Times (4/8/1955)