Andrew Augustus Lysaght (8 August 1873 – 3 May 1933) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the

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from 1925 until 1933, representing the electorate of Bulli. He served as

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under Jack Lang in 1927 and 1930-31. Lysaght was born at

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near

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, the son of politician

Andrew Lysaght, senior Andrew Lysaght (1 October 1832 – 3 September 1906) was an Australian politician. Born in Fairy Meadow, he spent many years as a publican of the Queens Hotel in Wollongong. An alderman of Northern Illawarra Council who served several term ...

. He was educated in Wollongong before attending

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(1888–1890) and the

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. He undertook articles in 1891, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1896. He established a reputation as a leading industrial lawyer, practicing in both Sydney and Wollongong. He was elected to the North Illawarra Municipal Council from 1900 to 1902, serving as mayor in 1902. It was at this time that his most prominent moment as a lawyer occurred, representing the miners before the Royal Commission into the Mount Kembla mining disaster. He continued to hold a successful legal career, and in 1923 was called to the bar. Lysaght entered state politics in 1925, when he defeated incumbent Nationalist Mark Morton for the final seat in multi-member

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. He was briefly appointed Attorney-General in 1927, during the last months of the Lang government. In 1927, following the abolition of the multi-member system, he contested and won the recreated seat of

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, defeating sitting MLA

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. A redistribution of the region in 1930 saw him contest and win the new seat of Bulli, and Lang's return to power saw him again appointed Attorney-General, despite lacking support within the Labor caucus. He clashed heavily with ideological rivals within Labor, and slowly lost Lang's support; he had also become increasingly irascible, associated with his declining health as a result of a disease of the nervous system. He resigned from the ministry in 1931, and though he was re-elected in 1932, he suffered from continually worsening health. He died at Campbelltown in 1933 while still in office, and was buried in the small town of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lysaght, Andrew 1873 births 1933 deaths Attorneys General of New South Wales Australian barristers Australian solicitors Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of places in New South Wales People educated at Newington College University of Sydney alumni Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales