# Austin Horan
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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Austin Horan
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| office = Member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)
| constituency = [Yilgarn](/source/Electoral_district_of_Yilgarn)
| term_start = 28 June 1904
| term_end = 3 October 1911
| predecessor = [William Oats](/source/William_Oats)
| successor = [Charles Hudson](/source/Charles_Hudson_(Australian_politician))
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_Tasmania), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|6|30|1869|5|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [Perth](/source/Perth), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), Australia
| party = [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)) (to 1911)
| other_party = Independent (from 1911)
}}
'''Austin Alvis Horan''' (2 May 1869 – 30 June 1925) was an Australian politician who was a member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1904 to 1911, representing the [seat of Yilgarn](/source/Electoral_district_of_Yilgarn).
==Early life==
Horan was born in [Richmond, Tasmania](/source/Richmond%2C_Tasmania), to Maria (née Melody) and William Horan.[[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/69CD056BB0677D8F482577E50028A669?OpenDocument Austin Alvis Horan], Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2016.] He was educated at public schools, and was eventually awarded an [Associate of Arts](/source/Associate_of_Arts) degree, the highest qualification available in Tasmania at the time (the [University of Tasmania](/source/University_of_Tasmania) not yet having been established).[[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89345645 "MR. A. A. HORAN"], ''Kalgoorlie Miner'', 31 October 1905.] Horan moved to New South Wales in 1886, and eventually became superintendent at a coal firm. He relocated to Western Australia in 1894, during the gold rush, and became a high-level clerk with [Western Australian Government Railways](/source/Western_Australian_Government_Railways), based in the [Eastern Goldfields](/source/Eastern_Goldfields) region.[{{cite book|last=Black|first=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}}] He was opposed by [Fergie Reid](/source/Fergie_Reid), his opponent for [preselection](/source/preselection) in 1904, at the [1905 election](/source/1905_Western_Australian_state_election),[[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32741004 "YILGARN ELECTORATE."], ''[Kalgoorlie Western Argus](/source/Kalgoorlie_Western_Argus)'', 19 April 1904.] but was re-elected with a strong majority. Horan was re-elected for a third time [in 1908](/source/1908_Western_Australian_state_election), but prior to [1911 election](/source/1911_Western_Australian_state_election) was defeated for Labor preselection by [Charles Hudson](/source/Charles_Hudson_(Australian_politician)). He contested the election as an independent, but polled only 37.4 percent in a two-candidate race.