Sir William Crawford Haworth (15 April 1905 – 1 December 1984) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he was educated at state schools before attending the

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and the Victorian College of Pharmacy. He became a pharmaceutical chemist, and served in the military 1940–44. In 1937, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Albert Park; he was the Victorian Minister for Health and Housing in 1945. He was defeated in 1945, but in 1949 was elected to the

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as the

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member for the new seat of Isaacs. He held the seat until his retirement in 1969, when he received a knighthood. Haworth died in 1984.

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