- Bill Knott
Bill Knott (born
16 February 1921 ) was anAustralia n politician, elected as a member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly .He was born in
Sydney ,New South Wales and educated at St Mary's College,Sydney and Christian Brothers College, Strathfield and Ultimo Technical College. He was apprenticed to theNew South Wales Government Railways as an electrician. He worked for five years as an interstate transport contractor.He was a member of
Electrical Trades Union of Australia for 42 years. He was analderman at Condobolin Council (now part ofLachlan Shire Council ) and on the board of the Mid-Lachlan County CouncilIn New South Wales for much of the 20th century, "county councils" were bodies controlled by groups of local government areas to distribute (and sometimes to generate) electricity. They were reorganised andprivatise d in the 1980s or 1990s.] from 1952 to 1961. He spent three years on the Kiama Council and the Illawarra County Council from 1976 to 1979. He assisted in the establishment of the Mission Council Housing Scheme and low interest aboriginal housing loans. He was an honorary member of theYuin people ofWallaga Lake Aborigines and claims to have been awarded a burial site at Wallaga Lake by tribal elders.He joined the
Australian Labor Party on 1953, having previously been a member of theCommunist Party of Australia . He was elected as the member for the formerElectoral district of Wollondilly from 1978 to 1981 and the member for Kiama from 1981 to 1986. He retired on medical advice to limit his participation in political and aboriginal activities. [cite web
title = William Edwin Knott
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NAME=Knott, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Knott, William Edwin (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=16 February 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sydney ,Australia
DATE OF DEATH=Living
PLACE OF DEATH=
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