COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910
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SENATE APPOINTMENTS DURING THE FOURTH PARLIAMENT
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South Australia
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31 July 1912, following the death of William Russell 
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John SHANNON                    Lib
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John Wallace Shannon (1862-1926): Appointed 1912 
Born: 28 April 1862, Angaston, South Australia
Career: Educated Angaston, South Australia. Farmer, Yorke Peninsula, 
South Australia. Auctioneer. Maitland Council, mayor.
Colonial/state politics: SA MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1896-1902, 
Wallaroo 1902-05
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Russell had been an ALP Senator. This was the first occasion on 
which a state Parliament successfully replaced a Senator under s15 
with a Senator from a different party. The South Australian 
Parliament had attempted to do so in 1907 (see Senate 1906, 
Appointments).
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