Career
Born in Redfern to cabinet maker John Law and Sarah Pollard, he established what would become a highly successful drapery shop in Balmain around 1881. Having joined the Balmain Labour League in 1891, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Balmain South in 1894. In 1902 he resigned from the party to become an Independent Labor member, but in 1904 he was elected to the seat of Rozelle as a Liberal.
Law died at Drummoyne in 1939.
