Eddie Britt (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Eddie Britt (politician)
- Edwin Alfred Britt (11 November 1926 – 6 December 2013) was an Australian politician.
- He was the Labor member for Willoughby in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1981. Britt was born in Narrandera.
- In 1942 he moved from Narrandera to Sydney and worked in the state public service in technical education.
- He enlisted as ground staff in the RAAF in 1944.
- In 1950 he was transferred to the Lotteries Office, and settled in Willoughby.
- In 1956 he joined the Labor Party, in which he was active for the rest of his life.
- He was elected to Willoughby Council in 1965, serving until 1968 and again from 1975 to 1995.
- He married Mary Hayes on 14 August 1976.He unsuccessfully contested the state seat of Willoughby for Labor in 1976.
- In 1978, sitting Liberal member Laurie McGinty lost preselection to future Premier Nick Greiner and contested the seat as an independent.
- The split in the conservative vote allowed Britt to win narrowly in this normally comfortably safe Liberal seat.
- However, a redistribution ahead of the 1981 state election erased Britt's majority and made Willoughby notionally Liberal.
- Despite this, Britt nominated for another term, and was narrowly defeated by Liberal challenger Peter Collins.
- He tried to regain the seat in 1984, and was heavily defeated, taking only 34 percent of the two-party vote.
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