Edgar Percy Dring (18 March 1896 – 17 December 1955) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until his death in 1955. He was a member of the
Labor Party (ALP).
Dring was born in
Gol Gol, New South Wales. He was the son of a farmer and was educated at Gol Gol Public School and Hereford House teacher training school in Sydney. He taught in several high schools in Sydney and rural New South Wales and was elected as a councillor on
Parkes Shire Council
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from 1947 to 1953. After losing at the
1938
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election, Dring was elected to the New South Wales Parliament at the subsequent
election as the Labor Party member for
Ashburnham. He defeated the incumbent
Country Party member
Hilton Elliott. He retained the seat at the next 2 elections but the electorate was abolished by a re-distribution prior to the
1950
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election. He stood for the urban seat of
Auburn
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and defeated the
Lang Labor incumbent
Chris Lang, the son of party founder
Jack Lang. He retained the seat until his death in 1955. Following his death, the seat became vacant for 4 months prior to the following
1956 election. He did not hold ministerial or parliamentary office but was the secretary of the parliamentary Labor Party caucus from 1947 until 1953.
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1896 births
1955 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
20th-century Australian politicians
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