Adam Kemball "Dick" Dein (1889 – 9 May 1969) was an Australian politician. He was a

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member of the

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from 1931 to 1934, representing the electorate of

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, and of the

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for New South Wales from 1934 to 1940. Dein was born at Lucknow, New South Wales and was educated at Shadforth Public School. He left school at 14 and worked as a gold miner and on a dairy farm before training as a teacher in 1907. He taught at Hadsonville and Hanover, Neville,

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and

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before moving to

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in 1921. In 1926, he was promoted to deputy headmaster of Dulwich Hill Public School. He was heavily involved in local sporting circles, playing both first-grade cricket and tennis for

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. He was president of the Dulwich Hill branch of the Nationalist Party from 1926 to 1931. In 1929, he contested the

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in the

as a

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, but was unsuccessful. He ran again in 1931 under the banner of the

and won. A redistribution ahead of the 1934 election turned Lang into a very safe

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seat. Rather than face certain defeat, Dein contested the

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instead, and was successful. He was defeated in 1940. He opened a timber business in 1939 and operated it thereafter. He served as a

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councillor from 1944 to 1950 and on the

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from 1949 to 1950. He subsequently moved to Manly, and was a

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councillor from 1962 to 1968 and Mayor of Manly in 1966. He died in 1969 and was cremated at the

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References

1889 births 1969 deaths Councillors of Sydney County Council Mayors of Manly, New South Wales United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Lang Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian Senate for New South Wales Australian MPs 1931–1934 {{Australia-mayor-stub