Gordon Anderson (29 December 1897 – 23 May 1958) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he was educated at state schools in

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before becoming an employee of

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. He was an official in the Railways Salaried Officers' Union and in the Labor Party, and was elected to

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, serving four terms as the first Labor Mayor of the Council. In 1949 he was elected to the

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for the Labor Party, representing the new seat of Kingsford-Smith. He held the seat until his retirement in 1955; he died in 1958.

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1897 births 1958 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith Members of the Australian House of Representatives Australian trade unionists 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors of Waverley, New South Wales {{Australia-Labor-representative-stub