Herbert William Lane (1853 – 16 February 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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, England, to land agent William Lane. While in England he married his first wife, Alice Pryke. He emigrated to

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in 1881, moving to

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in 1890 where he worked as an auctioneer. On 2 April 1891 he married Kate Eliza Johnson; they had two children. He settled in

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, where he ran a furniture business and also served as an alderman from 1910 to 1917, including a period as mayor from 1914 to 1915. A

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, he was elected to the

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in 1915 as the member for

. He held the seat until 1920, when he was defeated running as a

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for the multi-member seat of Northern Tableland. Lane died at Bondi in 1938.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Herbert 1853 births 1938 deaths British emigrants to the Colony of Victoria Colony of New South Wales people Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian auctioneers