Edwin Alfred "Eddie" Britt (born 11 November 1926) is a former Australia

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n politician. He was the Labor

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 member for Willoughby

Electoral district of Willoughby

Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gladys Berejiklian of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 from 1978 to 1981.

Britt was born in Narrandera

Narrandera, New South Wales

-Transport:Narrandera is well served for transport. The Sturt Highway and the Newell Highways cross, just south of Narrandera. Greyhound buses pass daily - note that the destination can be listed as Jillenbah....

. In 1942 he moved from Narrandera to Sydney

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 and worked in the state public service

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 in technical education. He enlisted as ground staff in the RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

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 in 1944. In 1950 he was transferred to the Lotteries Office, and settled in Willoughby

Willoughby, New South Wales

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. In 1956 he joined the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, in which he was active for the rest of his life. He was elected to Willoughby Council

City of Willoughby

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 in 1965, serving until 1968 and again from 1975 to 1995. He married Mary Hayes on 14 August 1976.

He unsuccessfully contested the state seat of Willoughby

Electoral district of Willoughby

Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gladys Berejiklian of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 for Labor in 1976. In 1978, sitting Liberal

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 member Laurie McGinty

Laurie McGinty

Laurence Frederick "Laurie" McGinty MBE was an Australian politician. He was the member for Willoughby in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1978, firstly as a member of the Liberal Party and then as an Independent from 1977...

 lost preselection to future Premier Nick Greiner

Nick Greiner

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 and contested the seat as an independent, the split in the conservative vote allowing Britt to win narrowly. He was defeated in 1981 by Peter Collins

Peter Collins (Australian politician)

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, and unsuccessfully tried to regain the seat in 1984.