Jules Langdon (31 May 1871 – 2 November 1942) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Thebarton from 1938 to 1942 as an independent.[1][2]
Langdon was born at Kapunda, and was a building contractor by trade, first at Kapunda and Anlaby Station and then after 1914 in Adelaide. He was a Corporate Town of Thebarton councillor from 1926 for many years, and was mayor from 1932 to 1937.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1938 election, winning the new seat of Thebarton as an independent, campaigning on issues of employment and financial management.[9] He had previously unsuccessfully contested West Torrens at the 1933 election.[10] Langdon was one of 14 of 39 independent lower house MPs at the 1938 election, which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties.
He was re-elected at the 1941 election, but died at a private hospital in Adelaide on 2 November 1942, after having collapsed in Parliament House after delivering a speech on 29 October.[2] He was buried at Mitcham Cemetery.[3] One of his sons, Arthur Louis Langdon, was elected to his Thebarton council seat upon his death.[11] A memorial fountain to Langdon at the corner of Henley Beach Road and Taylors Road, Thebarton was dedicated in May 1944.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Jules Langdon". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "DEATH OF LEGISLATOR". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXXV, no. 4, 846. Adelaide. 5 November 1942. p. 19. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "OBITUARY". The Advertiser. Vol. LXXXV, no. 26234. Adelaide. 3 November 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "LANGDON MEMORIAL UNVEILED". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 1 June 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "OBITUARY". Kapunda Herald. Vol. 78, no. 5, 273. South Australia. 5 November 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "MR. J. LANGDON, Candidate for Thebarton". The Southern Cross. Vol. LIII, no. 2650. South Australia. 28 March 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "Thebarton Gesture To New Mayoress". The News. Vol. XXIX, no. 4, 356. Adelaide. 9 July 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "MAYORESS OF THEBARTON". The News. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 931. Adelaide. 9 December 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "ALD. J. LANGDON INDEPENDENT Candidate for THEBARTON". The News. Vol. XXX, no. 4, 565. Adelaide. 11 March 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mayor To Contest West Torrens". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 15 November 1932. p. 17. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "Son Wins Father's Council Seat". The Mail. Vol. 31, no. 1, 593. Adelaide. 5 December 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via Trove.