Clive Stoneham
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Clive Philip Stoneham, OBE
(12 April 1909 – 3 July 1992) was an Australian politician. He was an ALP
member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for 28 years from 1942 to 1970, representing the electorates of Maryborough and Daylesford
(1942–1947) and Midlands
(1947–1970). From 1958 to 1967 he was leader of the State Opposition; he lost the elections of 1961, 1964 and 1967, all to the incumbent Liberal Premier Sir Henry Bolte
.
His mother was the pioneer New Zealand unionist Ada Florence Whitehorn,and his father John Stoneham a piano tuner.
Order of the British Empire
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(12 April 1909 – 3 July 1992) was an Australian politician. He was an ALP
Australian Labor Party
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member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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for 28 years from 1942 to 1970, representing the electorates of Maryborough and Daylesford
Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford
The Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Maryborough and Daylesford:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...
(1942–1947) and Midlands
Electoral district of Midlands
The Electoral district of Midlands was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Midlands:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...
(1947–1970). From 1958 to 1967 he was leader of the State Opposition; he lost the elections of 1961, 1964 and 1967, all to the incumbent Liberal Premier Sir Henry Bolte
Henry Bolte
Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG was an Australian politician. He was the 38th and longest serving Premier of Victoria.- Early years :...
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Family
Stoneham married Maisie Chesterfield in 1930.His mother was the pioneer New Zealand unionist Ada Florence Whitehorn,and his father John Stoneham a piano tuner.