Otho Dangar
Auctioneer and politician from New South Wales, Australia
About Otho Dangar
Lived 1842 – 1923 (aged 81). Otho Dangar was a politician and auctioneer.
Otho Orde Dangar (1 February 1842 – 20 September 1923) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Hastings River to storekeeper William Snowdon Dangar and Susan Freethey. On 15 October 1868 he married Elizabeth Garvin at Port Macquarie; they would have five children. A daughter was painter and potter Anne Dangar. He worked as a storekeeper and auctioneer. He was re-elected at the 1891 election as an Independent Protectionist, in that he supported the Free Trade government of Sir Henry Parkes. He was forced to resign in 1893 due to financial difficulties, and he was defeated in the subsequent by-election. He made two more runs for parliament at the 1894 election, and 1901 election without success.
Dangar died at Balmain on .
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Auctioneer and politician from New South Wales, Australia
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Otho Dangar was born on 1 February 1842 in Hastings River.
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Otho Dangar died on 20 November 1923 in Balmain.
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Otho Dangar was a politician and auctioneer.
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