William Story (Australian politician)

William Harrison Story (31 May 1857 – 13 July 1924) was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated at state schools before becoming a stonemason and bricklayer. He served as President of the Operative Masons and Bricklayers Society and the Adelaide Trades and Labour Council, and was mayor of Norwood and Kensington District Council in 1902. In 1903, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator from South Australia. In 1916, he was one of several Labor parliamentarians who joined Prime Minister Billy Hughes in leaving the Labor Party over the issue of conscription, eventually joining with the Commonwealth Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. Story transferred to the House of Representatives in 1917, winning the seat of Boothby as a Nationalist. He held the seat until 1922, when he was defeated by John Duncan-Hughes, a member of the breakaway Liberal Party. Story died in 1924.cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-08-02]

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NAME = Story, William Harrison
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 31 May 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH = Adelaide, South Australia
DATE OF DEATH = 13 July 1924
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