Jules Langdon

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Jules Langdon (31 May 1871 – 2 November 1942) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Thebarton from 1938 to 1942 as an independent.[1][2]

Langdon was born at Kapunda, and was a building contractor by trade, first at Kapunda and Anlaby Station and then after 1914 in Adelaide. He was a Corporate Town of Thebarton councillor from 1926 for many years, and was mayor from 1932 to 1937.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1938 election, winning the new seat of Thebarton as an independent, campaigning on issues of employment and financial management.[9] He had previously unsuccessfully contested West Torrens at the 1933 election.[10] Langdon was one of 14 of 39 independent lower house MPs at the 1938 election, which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties.

He was re-elected at the 1941 election, but died at a private hospital in Adelaide on 2 November 1942, after having collapsed in Parliament House after delivering a speech on 29 October.[2] He was buried at Mitcham Cemetery.[3] One of his sons, Arthur Louis Langdon, was elected to his Thebarton council seat upon his death.[11] A memorial fountain to Langdon at the corner of Henley Beach Road and Taylors Road, Thebarton was dedicated in May 1944.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jules Langdon: SA Parliament
  2. ^ a b c "DEATH OF LEGISLATOR". The Chronicle. LXXXV (4, 846). Adelaide. 5 November 1942. p. 19. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "OBITUARY". The Advertiser. LXXXV (26234). Adelaide. 3 November 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b "LANGDON MEMORIAL UNVEILED". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 1 June 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "OBITUARY". Kapunda Herald. 78 (5, 273). South Australia. 5 November 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "MR. J. LANGDON, Candidate for Thebarton". The Southern Cross. LIII (2650). South Australia. 28 March 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Thebarton Gesture To New Mayoress". The News. XXIX (4, 356). Adelaide. 9 July 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "MAYORESS OF THEBARTON". The News. XIX (2, 931). Adelaide. 9 December 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "ALD. J. LANGDON INDEPENDENT Candidate for THEBARTON". The News. XXX (4, 565). Adelaide. 11 March 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Mayor To Contest West Torrens". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 15 November 1932. p. 17. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Son Wins Father's Council Seat". The Mail. 31 (1, 593). Adelaide. 5 December 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of South Australia
New seat Member for Thebarton
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