Question: Facts: - death place: perth , western australia - caption: johnson catalina groundcrew at cairns , october 1944 -lrb- right -rrb- meets no. 20 squadron raaf - parliament: australian - successor: peter browne - constituency mp: kalgoorlie - death date: 10 july 1962 - predecessor: albert green - spouse: ethel may lucas - party: australian labor party - term end: 14 october 1958 - term start: 16 november 1940 - birth date: 25 october 1889 - name: herbert johnson - nationality: australian - image: 300px - birth place: northampton , western australia - occupation: shearer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of herbert johnson -lrb- australian politician -rrb- .
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herbert victor johnson -lrb- 25 october 1889 -- 10 july 1962 -rrb- was an australian politician .johnson was born in northampton , western australia and educated at the local convent school .he worked as a shearer and became the first western australian shearer to join the australian workers ' union -lrb- awu -rrb- when it organized the shearers in 1908 .in 1913 he married ethel may lucas .he is said to have '' sheared 3761 sheep in 17 1/2 days in 1914 -- a world record at that time '' .as an awu organizer , he worked hard to maintain the conditions of pastoral workers during the 1920s and 1930s .he was secretary of the geraldton branch of the australian labor party from 1920 to 1934 .in 1936 , he was elected state secretary of the awu and moved to the perth suburb of highgate .