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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Lawrence
Cremean (26 January 1907 – 11 August 1982) was an Australian politician.
Born in Melbourne, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a
clerk. He was secretary to federal Labor minister Arthur Calwell from
1942-45, secretary of the Fire Brigades Employees Union 1945-48, and
also sat on Richmond City Council. In 1945 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Clifton Hill,
where he remained until 1949. In that year, he transferred to federal
politics, winning the new seat of Hoddle in the Australian House of
Representatives.