Division of Lang

Lang Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1901
Abolished	1977
Namesake	John Dunmore Lang

The Division of Lang was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and was named after Rev. John Dunmore Lang, a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and advocate of Australian independence. It originally included the suburbs of Kogarah and Marrickville, but by the time it was abolished in 1977, it covered the suburbs of Lakemba and Belmore. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. It was held by the Labor Party for all but one term after 1928, and in its final form was very safe for that party. It was abolished at the redistribution of 31 October 1977.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Francis McLean	Free Trade	1901–1903
	(Sir) Elliot Johnson	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1903–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1928
	William Long	Labor	1928–1931
	Dick Dein	United Australia	1931–1934
	Dan Mulcahy	Labor (NSW)	1934–1936
		Labor	1936–1940
		Labor (Non-Communist)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1953
	Frank Stewart	Labor	1953–1977

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lang