William Ebenezer Shoobridge (7 January 1846 – 17 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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. He unsuccessfully contested the

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and 1913 elections for the federal seat of Franklin as a candidate. He narrowly missed election at the 1914 Senate election. In 1916 he was elected to the

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as a Labor member for

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. He served until he was defeated in 1919. He was re-elected in a recount in 1922 and in 1925 switched seats to

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. He was defeated again in 1928 but returned for a final term from 1929 to 1931. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1932. Shoobridge died in

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in 1940. His father Ebenezer Shoobridge, brother Louis Shoobridge Sr. and nephew

Rupert Shoobridge Sir Rupert Oakley Shoobridge (25 January 1883 – 5 November 1962) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. He had an extensive political pedigree: his father, Louis Shoobridge, was also a state politician while his mother was ...

were all members of the

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1846 births 1940 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly People from Richmond, Tasmania Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub