William John Ryott Maughan (8 January 1863 – 10 April 1933) was an English

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-born Australia

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n politician. Born in London

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, he was educated at Leeds Grammar School

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 before migrating to Australia in 1884, where he became a public servant and journalist, at one point sitting on Toowong Council

Toowong, Queensland

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. In 1898 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 as the Labor

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 member for Burnett

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. He was defeated in 1899, but returned to the Assembly as the member for Ipswich

Electoral district of Ipswich

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 in 1904, serving until 1912. In 1913 he was elected to the Australian Senate

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as a Labor Senator for Queensland, remaining in the Senate until his defeat in 1919, taking effect in 1920. Maughan died in 1933.