Austin Alvis Horan (2 May 1869 – 30 June 1925) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1904 to 1911, representing the seat of Yilgarn. Horan was born in Richmond, Tasmania, to Maria (née Melody) and William Horan. He was educated at public schools, and was eventually awarded an Associate of Arts degree, the highest qualification available in Tasmania at the time (the University of Tasmania not yet having been established). Horan moved to New South Wales in 1886, and eventually became superintendent at a coal firm. He relocated to Western Australia in 1894, during the gold rush, and became a high-level clerk with Western Australian Government Railways, based in the Eastern Goldfields region. Horan entered parliament at the 1904 sta