Laurence Theodore O'Loughlin (21 February 1854 – 25 January 1927) was an Australian politician who represented the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly (also known as the lower house) is one of two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assem ...

seats of

Frome Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills and on the River Frome, south of Bath. The population of the parish was 28,559 in 2021. Frome was one of the largest tow ...

from 1890 to 1902 and

Burra Burra Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek (South Australia), Burra Creek. The t ...

from 1902 to 1918. He represented the Liberal Union from 1910 to 1918, when he defected to the

Farmers and Settlers Association The Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales (F&S) was an umbrella organisation of farmers' and selectors' associations in New South Wales, founded in 1893. In August 1961, United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wal ...

. He served as

Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian ...

from 1912 to 1915. 1854-1927 He was the member of parliament for Frome district from 1890-1892. From 1892-1918 he was member for Burra Burra He held the Commissioner of Crown Lands for three governments 28 Sept 1896- 1 December 1899 8 December 1899 - 31 March 1902 26 July 1905 - 5 June 1909 He was government Whip from 1902 - 1904. He retired from politics in 1918 and died 25 January 1927 in Pinnaroo, South Australia.

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Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Speakers of the South Australian House of Assembly 1854 births 1927 deaths Colony of South Australia people {{Australia-politician-stub

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