William Ebenezer Shoobridge (7 January 1846 – 17 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond, Tasmania

Richmond, Tasmania

Richmond is a town in Tasmania about 25 km north-east of Hobart, in the Coal River region, between the Midland Highway and Tasman Highway. At the 2006 census, Richmond had a population of 880....

. In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Tasmanian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

 as a Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 member for Franklin

Division of Franklin (state)

The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43...

. He served until he was defeated in 1919. He was re-elected in a recount in 1922 and in 1925 switched seats to Wilmot

Division of Lyons (state)

The Electoral Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the lower house. The division is named after Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931–39, Premier of Tasmania from 1923–1928 and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the...

. He was defeated again in 1928 but returned for a final term from 1929 to 1931. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1932. Shoobridge died in Hobart in 1940. His father Ebenezer Shoobridge, brother Louis Shoobridge, Sr.

Louis Shoobridge, Sr.

Louis Manton Shoobridge, Sr. was an Australian politician. He was born in New Norfolk. In 1921 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Derwent, serving until his retirement in 1937. His father Ebenezer Shoobridge, brother William Shoobridge, son Rupert...

 and nephew Rupert Shoobridge were all members of the Tasmanian Parliament.