William Millard (11 January 1844 – 8 October 1921) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to storekeeper Richard Millard and Anne, ''née'' Radler. In 1854 his family moved to

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, and he was educated locally before entering his father's tanning business. He married his first wife, Mary Walter, in 1866 at

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; they had four children. He was a lieutenant in the Ulladulla Voluntary Rifles from 1869 to 1882, a captain in the Ulladulla Corps reserve from 1882 to 1884, and a captain in the 2nd Infantry Regiment from 1884 to 1893. At the 1894 election he was elected to the

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as the

Free Trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied to international trade. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold econo ...

member for

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. He continued to serve the region for 27 years, through 4 districts and 3 political parties. In 1901 the Free Trade party in NSW was renamed the Liberal Reform Party. At the 1904 election the district was renamed

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after the Clyde River that flowed through the region. Clyde in turn was replaced by Bega at the 1913 election. For the 1917 election he was a member of the New South Wales branch of the

Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Mini ...

following the merger between the Liberal Reform Party and the pro-conscription elements of Labor. For the 1920 election the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of

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with multi-member seats and a

single transferable vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...

(modified Hare-Clark) and Bega was absorbed by

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. Millard and

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were the candidates for the Nationalist Party, but only James was elected. James resigned just six months later to accept an appointment as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and Millard, being the unsuccessful Nationalist candidate, was appointed to the vacancy, taking his seat on 15 December 1920. Millard died on at Bondi. Despite twenty-seven years in parliament he never served as a minister.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millard, William 1844 births 1921 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Free Trade Party politicians Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly