Niels Nielsen (politician)

Niels Rasmus Wilson Nielsen (2 March 1869 – 1 July 1930) was a Danish-born politician and union official in New South Wales, Australia.

He arrived in Australia around 1874, becoming a carpenter and farmer near Young and a local officer of the Australian Workers' Union.

[2] Boorowa was abolished in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90,[3] and was largely absorbed by Yass, with the balance going to the new district of Burrangong.

Nielson drafted legislation to repeal the Land Conversion Act however this proved to be controversial, with extensive division in the Labor Party, resulting in Bill Dunn and Henry Hoyle resigning from parliament in July 1911, removing Labor's slim majority in the Legislative Assembly.

He was chairman of the Taronga Park Trust from 1927 until his death at Gladesville on 1 July 1930(1930-07-01) (aged 61),[5][6] survived by his estranged wife Marie, three daughters and two sons.