Dudley Gordon Padman OBE (16 June 1885 – 31 August 1970) was a

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politician. Padman was born in

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and educated at

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and

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. He married Bertha Elizabeth Scholz in 1912 and they had a daughter and two sons. He was an alderman of Albury Council from 1930 to 1947 and Mayor from 1939 until 1945. Padman was elected as a member of the

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representing the seat of Albury in 1947, and served until 1965. He was made an OBE in 1966. He died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padman, Dudley Gordon Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Prince Alfred College 1885 births 1970 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians