William George "Bill" 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. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Democratic Labor Party (abbreviated as the DLP was an Australian Political party that existed from 1955 until 1978
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. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Division of Bourke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. Doris Amelia Blackburn ( September 18, 1889 &ndash 12 December 1970) was an Australian activist and Member of Parliament Bourke was abolished prior to the 1949 election and partly replaced by Wills and Bryson defeated Blackburn at the election. Electoral reform As of this election single transferrable vote with Proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate The Division of Wills is an Australian electoral division (electorate of Victoria. In 1955, Bryson and six other Victorian federal members were expelled from the Labor Party as members of the Industrial Groups. The Industrial Groups were groups formed by the Australian Labor Party in the late 1940s to combat Communist Party influence in the trade unions In April 1955, they established the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist (ALP-AC was the name initially used by the right-wing group which split away from the Australian Labor Party in 1955, Bryson was beaten by the Labor candidate, Gordon Bryant at the 1955 election. Gordon Munro Bryant ( August 3 1914 &ndash January 14 1991) was an Australian politician History In 1949 Sir Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) and was led by Menzies for 16 years through [1]
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| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by Maurice Blackburn |
Member for Bourke 1943 – 1946 |
Succeeded by Doris Blackburn |
| New division | Member for Wills 1949 – 1955 |
Succeeded by Gordon Bryant |
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| NAME | Bryson, William George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bryson, Bill |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 24 February 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2 March 1973 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |