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Francis Cotton (5 May 1857 – 28 November 1942) also known as Frank Cotton, was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide to grocer Richard Cotton and Esther Ann Payne, he was educated privately and worked on a cattle station in Port Lincoln before arriving in New South Wales in 1875. He married Evangeline Mary Geake Lake on 1 January 1883 at Forbes; they had six children. After working as a shearer, farmer and drover, he moved to Sydney to become a journalist in 1889 and was editor of the Democrat, a single tax paper, in 1891; he had founded the Forbes tax reform group in 1887 and joined the Single Tax League in 1889. In 1890 he represented Wagga Wagga on the Trades and Labor Council, and in 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Newtown, s

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rdfs:comment	فرنسيس كوتن هو فلاح وصحفي وسياسي أسترالي، ولد في 5 مايو 1857، وتوفي في 28 نوفمبر 1942. نشط حزبياً في حزب العمال الأسترالي. وقد انتخب عضو الجمعية التشريعية لنيو ساوث ويلز ‏. (ar) Francis Cotton (5 May 1857 – 28 November 1942) also known as Frank Cotton, was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide to grocer Richard Cotton and Esther Ann Payne, he was educated privately and worked on a cattle station in Port Lincoln before arriving in New South Wales in 1875. He married Evangeline Mary Geake Lake on 1 January 1883 at Forbes; they had six children. After working as a shearer, farmer and drover, he moved to Sydney to become a journalist in 1889 and was editor of the Democrat, a single tax paper, in 1891; he had founded the Forbes tax reform group in 1887 and joined the Single Tax League in 1889. In 1890 he represented Wagga Wagga on the Trades and Labor Council, and in 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Newtown, s (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Rose Scott Electoral district of Newtown-Camperdown Joseph Abbott (New South Wales politician) 1857 births Electoral district of Newtown Eliza Ashton Free Trade Party Single tax Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 1942 deaths Australian journalists Politicians from Adelaide Wagga Wagga Forbes, New South Wales Edmund Molesworth James Francis Smith (politician) Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian farmers Free Trade Party politicians Politicians from Sydney John Hindle Sydney New South Wales New South Wales Legislative Assembly Nicholas Hawken Single Tax League Adelaide, South Australia Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales Port Lincoln, South Australia
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title	Member for Newtown (en) Member for Newtown-Camperdown (en)
years	1891 (xsd:integer) 1895 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	فرنسيس كوتن هو فلاح وصحفي وسياسي أسترالي، ولد في 5 مايو 1857، وتوفي في 28 نوفمبر 1942. نشط حزبياً في حزب العمال الأسترالي. وقد انتخب عضو الجمعية التشريعية لنيو ساوث ويلز ‏. (ar) Francis Cotton (5 May 1857 – 28 November 1942) also known as Frank Cotton, was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide to grocer Richard Cotton and Esther Ann Payne, he was educated privately and worked on a cattle station in Port Lincoln before arriving in New South Wales in 1875. He married Evangeline Mary Geake Lake on 1 January 1883 at Forbes; they had six children. After working as a shearer, farmer and drover, he moved to Sydney to become a journalist in 1889 and was editor of the Democrat, a single tax paper, in 1891; he had founded the Forbes tax reform group in 1887 and joined the Single Tax League in 1889. In 1890 he represented Wagga Wagga on the Trades and Labor Council, and in 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Newtown, serving until 1894. On 8 June 1891, he supported the formation of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, saying that "equality was the soul of equity." In April 1892 he chaired a debate between Eliza Ashton and Rose Scott on Ashton's controversial views on marriage laws. From 1895 to 1901 he was member for Newtown-Camperdown, this time for the Free Trade Party. Cotton died in Sydney in 1942. (en)
alongside	Joseph Abbott (New South Wales politician) Edmund Molesworth John Hindle
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Electoral district of Newtown-Camperdown Electoral history of Harry Holland Electoral results for the district of Newtown Electoral results for the district of Newtown-Camperdown Joseph Abbott (New South Wales politician) Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election 1901 New South Wales state election Electoral district of Newtown Eliza Ashton Gara River Hydro-Electric Scheme April 1891 East Sydney colonial by-election Frank Cotton Francis Cotton Edmund Molesworth James Francis Smith (politician) John Hindle Olive Cotton Candidates of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election

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