William McAdam (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About William McAdam (Australian politician)
- William James McAdam (7 January 1882 – 28 June 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Emerald Hill to blacksmith Alexander McAdam and Mary Ann Vigar, he attended state schools in Ballarat before becoming a bread carter.
- He became an organiser of the Bread Carters Union in 1904, rising to become secretary in 1924.
- On 21 February 1905 he married Sarah Robin, with whom he had four daughters.
- He became an organiser with the Ballarat Municipal Employees section of the Shop Assistants and Textile Workers Union in 1916, and federal secretary of the union from 1917 to 1924.
- From 1920 to 1924 he was president of the Ballarat Trades and Labour Council (he would hold the position again from 1947 to 1956).
- In 1924 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Ballarat East; he transferred to Ballarat in 1927, and was defeated in 1932.
- He made unsuccessful attempts to return to politics via a by-election for Allandale in 1933, Ballarat in 1935, and the Senate in 1940.
- McAdam died at Ballarat in 1967 and is buried in Ballaarat Old Cemetery.
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