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According to his biographer Ann Millar, Vardon's speeches in the Senate put forward "the considered views of a thoughtful backbencher committed to government accountability, even when the government was controlled by his own party". He and his father are one of only two father-son pairs to both serve
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In parliament, Vardon's areas of interest included "federal and state taxation systems, industrial law and the minutiae of government expenditure". In 1918, several months after his election, he successfully introduced an amendment to the government's marriage legislation. His amendment provided for
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386:. His term expired on 4 August due to the
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550:"Vardon, Edward Charles (1866â1937)"
524:"Vardon, Edward Charles (1866â1937)"
275:(1921â1922) and was a member of the
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