Luke James Clough (4 July 1878 – 3 December 1956) was an Australian politician. He was born at Pinegrove near

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to farmer Thomas Clough and Mary Howe. He became a market gardener in

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and then a bootmaker. He was a founding member of the Bendigo East branch of the Labor Party and served as branch president; he was also on the state executive from 1911 to 1914. In

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he won a

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for the

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seat of

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, and served as a backbench Labor member until 1927, when his seat was abolished and he was defeated for preselection in the new seat of

. Clough died in Bendigo in 1956.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clough, Luke 1878 births 1956 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly