Jules Langdon

Jules Langdon (31 May 1871 – 2 November 1942) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Thebarton from 1938 to 1942 as an independent.^[1][2]

Langdon was born at Kapunda, and was a building contractor by trade, first at Kapunda and Anlaby Station and then after 1914 in Adelaide. He was a Corporate Town of Thebarton councillor from 1926 for many years, and was mayor from 1932 to 1937.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1938 election, winning the new seat of Thebarton as a independent, campaigning on issues of employment and financial management.^[9] He had previously unsuccessfully contested West Torrens at the 1933 election.^[10] Langdon was one of 14 of 39 independent lower house MPs at the 1938 election, which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties.

He was re-elected at the 1941 election, but died at a private hospital in Adelaide on 2 November 1942, after having collapsed in Parliament House after delivering a speech on 29 October.^[2] He was buried at Mitcham Cemetery.^[3] One of his sons, Arthur Louis Langdon, was elected to his Thebarton council seat upon his death.^[11] A memorial fountain to Langdon at the corner of Henley Beach Road and Taylors Road, Thebarton was dedicated in May 1944.^[4]

References

1. Jules Langdon: SA Parliament
2. "DEATH OF LEGISLATOR". Chronicle. LXXXV, (4,846). South Australia. 5 November 1942. p. 19. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "OBITUARY". The Advertiser (Adelaide). LXXXV, (26234). South Australia. 3 November 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "LANGDON MEMORIAL UNVEILED". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 1 June 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "OBITUARY". Kapunda Herald. 78, (5,273). South Australia. 5 November 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "MR. J. LANGDON, Candidate for Thebarton.". Southern Cross. LIII, (2650). South Australia. 28 March 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Thebarton Gesture To New Mayoress". News. XXIX, (4,356). South Australia. 9 July 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "MAYORESS OF THEBARTON". News. XIX, (2,931). South Australia. 9 December 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "ALD. J. LANGDON INDEPENDENT Candidate for THEBARTON". News. XXX, (4,565). South Australia. 11 March 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "Mayor To Contest West Torrens". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 15 November 1932. p. 17. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "Son Wins Father's Council Seat". The Mail (Adelaide). 31, (1,593). South Australia. 5 December 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.