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Name	William James Riordan
Born	8 February, 1908 Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia
Died	15 January, 1973 (aged 64) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dunstan, William John (work colleague) Makin, Norman John (work colleague) Menzies, Robert Gordon (political adversary) Cameron, Archie Galbraith (political adversary) Anthony, Hubert Lawrence (political adversary)
Education *	Brisbane Grammar School (student, 1920-1925) University of Queensland (student, 1934-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1925-1936) Queensland, Australia labour politician (1936-1966) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1936-1966) Federal, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1967)
Key Organisations *	Australian Workers' Union (Qld) (supporter, 1933-1966)
Political Activism *	ALP (Qld) (politician, 1936-1966)
Workplaces *	Dept of Justice (Qld) (public servant, 1925-1932) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1936-1966) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1943-1946)

* Dates are approximate