William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901
Born: 1846, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Career: Migrated as child. No formal education. Miner and shearer.
President Amalgamated Shearers Union 1886-93, General-Secretary
Australian Workers Union 1894-1917. Author and Labor publicist.
Father-in-law of Hon Hector Lamond MP.
Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Cobar 1898-1901.