Luke Clough
Australian politician
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| Intro | Australian politician | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 4 July 1878 | |
| Death | 3 December 1956Bendigo, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (aged 78 years) | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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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. 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, when his seat was abolished and he was defeated for preselection in the new seat of Bendigo. Clough died in Bendigo in 1956.