Keith Walter Wilson Ewert (12 April 1918 – 2 December 1989) was an Australia

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n politician. Educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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, he was an accountant before entering politics. In 1952, Ewert was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Labor

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 member for Flinders

Division of Flinders

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, unexpectedly winning the by-election for that seat caused by the death of Rupert Ryan

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Rupert Sumner Ryan CMG was an Australian soldier and politician.-Early life:Ryan was born in Melbourne to surgeon Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan and Alice Elfrida, née Sumner. He was one of two siblings; his sister Ethel Marian Sumner would later marry Richard Casey, Baron Casey...

 and becoming only the second Labor MP for Flinders. In 1954, he was defeated by the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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candidate and returned to accountancy. Ewert died in 1989.