Joe Langtry

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| name = Joe Langtry

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| image = Joseph Langtry.jpg

| constituency_MP = Riverina

| parliament = Australian

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| predecessor = Horace Nock

| successor = Hugh Roberton

| term_start = 21 September 1940

| term_end = 10 December 1949

| birth_name = Joseph Ignatius Langtry

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1880|9|2}}

| birth_place = Kyabram, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1951|4|30|1880|9|2}}

| death_place = Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

| nationality = Australian

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| party = Australian Labor Party

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| occupation = Wheat farmer, publican

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Joseph Ignatius Langtry (2 September 1880 – 30 April 1951) was an Australian politician. Born in Kyabram, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a teamster. He moved to Barellan in New South Wales and became a wheatfarmer and publican. In 1940, he was the Labor candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Riverina; he was successful in this, defeating Country Party member Horace Nock. He held the seat until 1949, when he was defeated by Country candidate Hugh Roberton.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-05-25}} Langtry died in 1951 in Griffith.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185570556 |title=Mr. "Joe" Langtry, Former MHR, Dead |newspaper=The West Wyalong Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 May 1951 |accessdate=31 August 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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