Dudley Gordon Padman OBE (16 June 1885 – 31 August 1970) was a Liberal Party of Australia

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 politician.

Padman was born in Adelaide

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 and educated at Bridgewater, South Australia

Bridgewater, South Australia

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 and Prince Alfred College

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. He married Bertha Elizabeth Scholz in 1912 and they had a daughter and two sons. He was an alderman of Albury Council

City of Albury

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 from 1930 to 1947 and Mayor from 1939 until 1945.

Padman was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 representing the seat of Albury in 1947, and served until 1965. He was made an OBE

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 in 1966. He died in Albury

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.