Henry Richard (Harry) Buxton (13 May 1876 – 23 June 1965) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was creat ...

from 1918 to 1921, representing the electorate of

Burra Burra Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. The town began as a single company ...

. Buxton was born at Barossa, the son of H. R. Buxton, a long-time chief guard of the

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. He worked as a gardener and at the

Islington Railway Workshops The Islington Railway Workshops are railway workshops in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. They were the chief railway workshops of the South Australian Railways, and are still in operation today.1918 election, when along with Labor candidate

Mick O'Halloran Michael Raphael O'Halloran (12 April 1893 – 22 September 1960) was an Australian politician, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Australia ...

and

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George Jenkins he swept out the three incumbent

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MPs for Burra Burra. It marked the first time Labor had elected two MPs in the electorate. Buxton and O'Halloran were defeated at the 1921 election, succeeded by one Liberal MP and one Country Party MP. Buxton moved to

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after his election defeat, and died in 1965.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Harry Richard 1876 births 1965 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Members of the South Australian House of Assembly