Otho Orde Dangar (1 February 1842 – 20 September 1923) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to storekeeper William Snowdon Dangar and Susan Freethey. On 15 October 1868 he married Elizabeth Garvin at

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; they would have five children. A daughter was painter and potter

Anne Dangar Anne Dangar (1 December 1885 – 4 September 1951) was an Australian painter and potter. Life and training Dangar was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Kempsey, a town on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, daughter of Otho Dangar, who wa ...

. He worked as a storekeeper and auctioneer. In 1889 Dangar was elected to the

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as the

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member for Macleay. He was re-elected at the 1891 election as an Independent Protectionist, in that he supported the Free Trade government of

Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and the longest-serving non-consecutive premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australi ...

. He was forced to resign in 1893 due to financial difficulties, and he was defeated in the subsequent by-election. He made two more runs for parliament at the 1894 election, and 1901 election without success. Dangar died at Balmain on .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangar, Otho 1842 births 1923 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians