William Johnston (1829 – 22 April 1894) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Montrose to stonemason David Mellison Johnston and Agnes Merrillees. He migrated to
New South Wales
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around 1838 and became a general merchant at
Clarence Town
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Clarence Town is the capital of Long Island and has a population of 86 people as of 2010.Williams River. On 18 October 1853 he married Mary Little, with whom he had one son. In 1877 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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for The Williams. The Williams was abolished in 1880 and largely replaced by
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. Johnston stood for Durham, but was defeated by Herbert Brown.
Johnston died at
Marrickville
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