Gordon Anderson was an Australia

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n politician. Born in Barkly, Victoria

Barkly, Victoria

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, he was educated at state schools in Sydney

Sydney

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 before becoming an employee of New South Wales Railways. He was an official in the Railways Salaried Officers' Union and in the New South Wales

New South Wales

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 Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, and was elected to Waverley City Council

Waverley Municipal Council

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. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 for the Labor Party, representing the new seat of Kingsford-Smith

Division of Kingsford Smith

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. He held the seat until his retirement in 1955; he died in 1958.