William Frith (11 June 1883 – 14 June 1960) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

from 1933 until 1953. He was a member of the Country Party. He was the party whip from 1938 till 1953. Frith was born in

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. He was the son of a monumental mason and was educated to elementary level at Boolaroo Public School. He worked as a farmer and auctioneer in the

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region. Between 1928 and 1933 he was an alderman on Lismore City Council and he served as Mayor in 1932 and 1933. Frith was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Country Party member for Lismore at the

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caused by the death of the sitting member

William Missingham William Thomas Missingham (15 May 18681 February 1933) was an Australian politician. He was born at Jamberoo to farmer David Missingham and Priscilla, ''née'' Noble. Educated at Jamberoo and Kiama, he moved to the Richmond River area in 1890 to ...

. He retained the seat at the next 6 elections. By the time of the

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election, Frith had reached the age of 70 and under Country Party rules multiple endorsements for the seat were permissible. He was defeated by his younger colleague

Jack Easter Jack Stuart Easter (21 November 1907 – 1 January 1979) was an Australian politician who represented the National Party in the Parliament of New South Wales. He was educated at Ardingly College and at Regent Street Polytechnic. He was a ...

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