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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

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

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. He was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for Botany at the 1925 state election and for Nepean at the 1927 state election.

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.

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

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.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byElliot Johnson Member for Lang
1928 – 1931 		Succeeded byDick Dein


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