William Evans (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician, born 1856
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Place of Birth: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
About William Evans (Australian politician)
- William John Evans (18 April 1856 – 22 August 1914) was an Australian union leader and politician.Evans was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the son of John Evans, a railway time-keeper, and Harriet Denman, both born in England. He joined Victorian Railways initially as a carriage-cleaner, later worked as fireman and engine-driver.
- He was secretary to the Locomotive Engineers Association.Evans was the only person to the short-lived Public and Railway Officers Province of the Victorian Legislative Council which was created for the June 1904 election and abolished for the following election.
- At the June 1907 election he successfully stood for the Melbourne North Province.
- Evans was appointed Attorney-General, Solicitor-General and Minister of Public Health in the Labor government of George Elmslie on 9 December 1913 following a split in the Liberal Party, however the government lasted only until 22 December 1913.Evans served until he died in Surrey Hills on 22 August 1914.
- He was buried in Box Hill Cemetery.
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