William Ferguson (1891–1961), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
About William Ferguson (1891–1961)
- 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.
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