William Long (Australian politician)

William John Long (18 June 1885 – 3 March 1957) was an Australian politician.

William Long
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Lang
In office
17 November 1928 – 19 December 1931
Preceded byElliot Johnson
Succeeded byDick Dein
Personal details
Born(1885-06-18)18 June 1885
Newcastle, New South Wales
Died3 March 1957(1957-03-03) (aged 71)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationBoilermaker

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a boilermaker at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops for fifteen years and a member of the Federated Boilermakers Society.[1][2][3] He was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for Botany at the 1925 state election and for Nepean at the 1927 state election.[4][5]

He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Lang at the 1928 federal election, defeating long-serving Nationalist MP and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Elliot Johnson. Long held the seat until his own defeat in 1931.[6]

He made a final bid for public office at the 1944 state election, when he unsuccessfully contested the Parramatta as an independent.[2] He died in 1957.[6]

References
  1. "Boilermaker Replaces Former Speaker". The Advocate. Tasmania. 20 November 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. No. 3724. New South Wales. 17 May 1944. p. 8. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "WITH HIS MATES". The Labor Daily. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 31 December 2019 – via Trove.
  4. "READY TO SERVE". The Sun. No. 5276 (FINAL EXTRA ed.). Sydney. 5 October 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "GOOD SPORTS". Nepean Times. Vol. 44, no. 4421. New South Wales. 22 October 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2008.


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