William John Long (18 June 1885 – 3 March 1957) was an Australian politician. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a boilermaker with New South Wales Railways. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Lang, defeating long-serving Nationalist MP Elliot Johnson. Long held the seat until his own defeat in 1931. He died in 1957.
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