John Lawrence Cremean (26 January 1907 – 11 August 1982) was an

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politician. Born in

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, he was educated at

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schools before becoming a clerk. He was secretary to federal

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minister

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from 1942 to 1945, secretary of the Fire Brigades Employees Union 1945–48, and also sat on Richmond City Council. In 1945, Cremean's brother, Bert Cremean, died after surgery, and Jack was elected as a Labor member of the

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for Clifton Hill in the resulting by-election. In 1949, he transferred to federal politics, winning the new seat of Hoddle in the

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. In 1955, Cremean was one of seven MPs who left the ALP and formed the

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, the precursor to the Democratic Labor Party. Cremean's seat of Hoddle was abolished for the 1955 election, so he contested its successor, Scullin, as an Anti-Communist, but was defeated by the Labor candidate, Ted Peters, the member for

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. Cremean died in 1982.

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