Luke Clough
Luke James Clough (4 July 1878 – 3 December 1956) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Pinegrove near Echuca to farmer Thomas Clough and Mary Howe. He became a market gardener in Bendigo and then a bootmaker. He was a founding member of the Bendigo East branch of the Labor Party and served as branch president; he was also on the state executive from 1911 to 1914.[1] In 1915 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East, and served as a backbench Labor member until 1927,[2] when his seat was abolished and he was defeated for preselection in the new seat of Bendigo.[2] Clough died in Bendigo on 3 December 1956.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Clough, Luke James at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 June 2012)
- 1 2 3 "Luke James Clough". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
