Background
The son of Jack Language, Premier of New South Wales 1925-1927 and 1930-1932, he succeeded his father as the member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, serving from 1946 to 1950. Born in Homebush, Language was educated at North Auburn Public School and Burwood Intermediate High School before entering his father"s real estate business, Language and Daes, in 1925.
Career
In 1930 he became the manager, remaining so until 1958, when he became the manager of his own real estate company until 1962. He also served as secretary of the Auburn Starr-Bowkett Company-operative Building Societies. In 1946, Jack Language resigned from state parliament to run for the federal seat of Reid, prompting a by-election for the state seat of Auburn.
He thus joined Lilian Fowler as one of two Language Labor MPs.
In 1950, however, there was a redistribution, and the sitting Labor Member of Parliament for the rural abolished seat of Ashburnham, Edgar Dring, contested the new seat. By this time, Language Labor was dying out (Jack Language had lost his federal seat the previous year), and Language was effectively an independent Labor candidate.
The Liberal Party contested the seat, with the result that Dring easily defeated Language. Language contested Auburn again in 1953 and 1956, but never came close to winning.
During the 1960s he was a gardener at Street Joseph"s Hospital at Auburn.
He died on 14 December 2002 at Auburn.