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William Ferguson (1891–1961)

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Australian politician For the similarly named NSW politician William John Ferguson (1859-1935) who was the member for Sturt (1894–1904), see William John Ferguson. For the similarly named NSW politician William John Fergusson who was the member for Glen Innes (1880–87), see William Fergusson (politician).

For other people with similar names, see William Ferguson (disambiguation).
William Ferguson
Personal details
Born(1891-11-14)14 November 1891
Redfern, New South Wales
Died29 January 1961(1961-01-29) (aged 69)
Waverley, New South Wales
Political partyLabor Party

William John Ferguson (14 November 1891 – 29 January 1961) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 16 days in 1953 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until his death. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP).

Ferguson was born in Redfern and was the son of a clothes presser. He was educated to elementary level in Campsie and trained as a letter-setter and printer. He was a member of the Printing Industries Employees Union of Australia from 1913 and joined the ALP in 1926. He became active in community organizations in the Waverley area including Legacy and the Australian Red Cross. Ferguson was elected as an alderman on Waverley Municipal Council in 1941 and retained this position until 1955. On 3 September 1953, he was indirectly elected to the Legislative Council for the remainder of the term of Charles Anderson who had resigned. However, Clarrie Martin, the member for Waverley died 2 days later and Ferguson resigned his seat in the Legislative Council, after serving only 16 days, to contest the resultant by-election. Ferguson was duly elected and retained the seat at the next election in 1956. The seat and the neighbouring seat of Paddington were abolished and combined into the seat of Paddington-Waverley at a redistribution before the 1959 election. The Labor member for Paddington, Maurice O'Sullivan retired and Ferguson won the new seat. He died as the sitting member in 1961. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.

References

  1. ^ "Mr William John (2) FERGUSON (1891 - 1961)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded byClarrie Martin Member for Waverley
1953 – 1959 		Succeeded byseat abolished
Preceded bynew seat Member for Paddington-Waverley
1959 – 1961 		Succeeded byKeith Anderson


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