Jack Lang (Australian politician)

John Thomas Lang (21 December 1876 – 27 September 1975), usually referred to as J. T. Lang during his career and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella", was an Australian politician, mainly for the New South Wales Branch of the Labor Party. He twice served as the 23rd Premier of New South Wales from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1930 to 1932. He was dismissed by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game, at the climax of the 1932 constitutional crisis and resoundingly lost the resulting election and subsequent elections as Leader of the Opposition. He later formed Lang Labor that contested federal and state elections and was briefly a member of the Australian House of Representatives.

This article is about the Premier of New South Wales. For other people of the same name, see Jack Lang.

The Honourable
Jack Lang
Lang, 1928.
23rd Premier of New South Wales
Elections: 1925, 1930
In office
4 November 1930 – 16 May 1932.
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorPhilip Game
Preceded byThomas Bavin
Succeeded byBertram Stevens
In office
17 June 1925 – 18 October 1927
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorDudley de Chair
Preceded byGeorge Fuller
Succeeded byThomas Bavin
11th Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales
In office
22 June 1932 – 5 September 1939
DeputyJack Baddeley
Preceded byBertram Stevens
Succeeded byWilliam McKell
In office
18 October 1927 – 4 November 1930
DeputyJack Baddeley
Preceded byThomas Bavin
Succeeded byThomas Bavin
In office
31 July 1923 – 17 June 1925
DeputyPeter Loughlin
Preceded byBill Dunn (acting)
Succeeded byGeorge Fuller
8th Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales
In office
31 July 1923 – 6 September 1939
DeputyPeter Loughlin
Jack Baddeley
Preceded byJames Dooley
Bill Dunn (acting)
Succeeded byWilliam McKell
Cabinet posts
Secretary for Lands and Minister for Forests
In office
25 November 1926 – 26 May 1927
Preceded byPeter Loughlin
Succeeded byTed Horsington
Minister for Agriculture
Acting
In office
23 March – 3 September 1926
Preceded byBill Dunn
Succeeded byBill Dunn
37th Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales
In office
15 October 1931 – 13 May 1932
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byBertram Stevens
In office
4 November 1930 – 15 October 1931
Preceded byBertram Stevens
Succeeded byHimself
In office
17 June 1925 – 18 October 1927
Preceded byGeorge Fuller
Succeeded byThomas Bavin
In office
20 December 1921 – 13 April 1922
PremierJames Dooley
Preceded byArthur Cocks
Succeeded byArthur Cocks
In office
13 April 1920 – 10 October 1921
PremierJohn Storey
Preceded byJohn Fitzpatrick
Succeeded byArthur Cocks
Electorates
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Auburn
In office
8 October 1927 – 15 August 1946
Preceded byElectorate established
Succeeded byChris Lang
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta
In office
20 March 1920 – 7 September 1927
Serving with Albert Bruntnell, Bill Ely and Thomas Morrow
Preceded byAlbert Bruntnell
Succeeded byAlbert Bruntnell
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Granville
In office
6 December 1913 – 18 February 1920
Preceded byJohn Nobbs
Succeeded byElectorate abolished
Federal politics
Member of the Australian Parliament for Reid
In office
28 September 1946 – 10 December 1949
Preceded byCharles Morgan
Succeeded byCharles Morgan
Personal details
Born
John Thomas Lang

21 December 1876
Brickfield Hill, Sydney City, Colony of New South Wales
Died27 September 1975 (aged 98)
Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Resting placeCatholic Lawn Cemetery, Rookwood
Citizenship
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor (1909–1943; from 1971)
Other political
affiliations
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Spouse
Hilda Amelia Bredt
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(m. 1896; died 1964)​
Children7, inclunding Chris
Parents
  • James Henry Lang (father)
  • Mary Whelan (mother)
EducationSt Francis Marist Brothers' School, Brickfield Hill
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