Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Douglas Williams (born 18 August 1948), an Australian politician, is the National Party member for Murray-Darling since March 2007.Williams was born in Perth, where he spent the first four years of his life. He spent his next three years in Melbourne before moving to Broken Hill in 1955. He has lived there ever since.At the 2007 New South Wales state election, Williams won the seat of Murray-Darling. His candidacy was boosted by the redistribution prior to the election, which turned the marginal Labor seat into a seat with a notional National majority. At the election, he defeated incumbent Labor MP Peter Black on a swing of nearly nine percent, turning Murray-Darling into a safe National seat at one stroke. He was handily reelected in 2011 and now holds the seat with a majority of 17 percent.Williams studied economics, accounting and financial management externally through the University of New England.Williams is married to Helen. He has two children and two grandchildren.. }
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- John_Williams_(New_South_Wales_state_politician) abstract "John Douglas Williams (born 18 August 1948), an Australian politician, is the National Party member for Murray-Darling since March 2007.Williams was born in Perth, where he spent the first four years of his life. He spent his next three years in Melbourne before moving to Broken Hill in 1955. He has lived there ever since.At the 2007 New South Wales state election, Williams won the seat of Murray-Darling. His candidacy was boosted by the redistribution prior to the election, which turned the marginal Labor seat into a seat with a notional National majority. At the election, he defeated incumbent Labor MP Peter Black on a swing of nearly nine percent, turning Murray-Darling into a safe National seat at one stroke. He was handily reelected in 2011 and now holds the seat with a majority of 17 percent.Williams studied economics, accounting and financial management externally through the University of New England.Williams is married to Helen. He has two children and two grandchildren.".