Alan Lindsay Wardlaw (23 July 1887 – 24 December 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Avoca,

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. When 24 years of age he took over management of Mineral Banks, a farm near

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,R.A. Ferrall, "Wardlaw, Allan Lindsay (1887–1938)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed 26 September 201

/ref> In 1920 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for South Esk. He was Chair of Committees from 1920 to 1928. He held the seat until his death in 1938.

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