Bill Bryson (politician) explained

Bill Bryson
Constituency Mp:Bourke
Parliament:Australian
Predecessor:Maurice Blackburn
Successor:Doris Blackburn
Term Start:21 August 1943
Term End:28 September 1946
Constituency Mp2:Wills
Parliament2:Australian
Predecessor2:New seat
Successor2:Gordon Bryant
Term Start2:10 December 1949
Term End2:10 December 1955
Birth Date:1898 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Maldon, Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor (1943 - 55)
Labor (A-C) (1955)

William George Bryson (24 February 1898 – 2 March 1973) was an Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party from 1943 to 1946 and 1949 to 1955 and helped establish the Democratic Labor Party.

Bryson won the House of Representatives seat of Bourke at the 1943 election, but was beaten by the independent Doris Blackburn at the 1946 election. Bourke was abolished prior to the 1949 election and partly replaced by Wills and Bryson defeated Blackburn at the election. In 1955, Bryson and six other Victorian federal members were expelled from the Labor Party as members of the Industrial Groups. In April 1955, they established the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. Bryson was beaten by the Labor candidate, Gordon Bryant at the 1955 election.[1]

Bryson was the treasurer of the Carlton Football Club from 1927 to 1943. [2]

He died on 2 March 1973, in Coburg, aged 75.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . . Parliamentary Handbook . 2008-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071225102914/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/brown.courtice.htm . 25 December 2007 . dead . dmy .
  2. http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Club+Treasurers Web site: Honour Board - Official AFL Website of the Carlton Football Club . 2010-09-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217020823/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/honour%20board/tabid/9168/default.aspx . 17 February 2011 . dmy-all .
  3. News: IN BRIEF 'PM win hold conference': Mr Hamer . . 47 . 13,373 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 3 March 1973 . 12 July 2019 . 3 . National Library of Australia.