Bill Carlton | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1894-05-02)2 May 1894 |
| Died | 30 January 1949(1949-01-30) (aged 54) |
| Political party | Labor Party,Australian Labor Party (NSW) |
William Joseph Carlton (2 May 1894 – 30 January 1949) was an Australian politician and a member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1935 and his death. He was a member of theAustralian Labor Party (NSW) andLabor Party.
Carlton was born inNewcastle, New South Wales and was the son of a waterside worker. He was educated to elementary level and was employed by theNew South Wales Government Railways as a boilermaker's assistant. He became an organizer for theAustralian Railways Union. During World War One, Carlton served as a private in a machine-gun company of theFirst Australian Imperial Force. Carlton was elected as an alderman ofGlebe Municipal Council between 1929 and 1935.[1]
Carlton was elected to parliament as theLang Labor member for the safe Labor seat ofGlebe at the1935 state election.[2] He replaced the incumbent Lang Labor memberTom Keegan who had retired. The following year Lang's party and its Members of Parliament, including Carlton, were readmitted into theLabor Party. At the next election in1938, Carlton faced a strong challenge from Horace Foley, the candidate forRobert Heffron's breakawayIndustrial Labor Party, which Carlton won by less than 2% of the vote.[3][4] Glebe was abolished by a redistribution at the1941 and Carlton won Labor endorsement for the marginal seat ofConcord. In Labor's landslide victory at that election, Carlton defeated the sitting incumbentUnited Australia Party memberStan Lloyd. Carlton retained the seat for Labor until his death in January 1949.[5][6] He was the Labor Party whip between 1941 and 1947 but did not hold any other party, parliamentary of ministerial office.[1]
| New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | Member forGlebe 1935 – 1941 | Succeeded by Seat abolished |
| Preceded by | Member forConcord 1941 – 1949 | Succeeded by |