Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1929

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly:* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864...

from 1927 to 1929, as elected at the 1929 state election:

Name	Party	Electorate Electoral districts of Victoria The Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the Australian State, is elected from 88 single-member electorates called districts.-Current districts:This is a list of districts .* Electoral district of Albert Park* Electoral district of Altona...	Term in office
John Allan John Allan (Australian politician) John Allan , Australian politician, was the 29th Premier of Victoria. He was born near Lancefield, where his father was a farmer of Scottish origin, and educated at state schools. He took up wheat and dairy farming at Wyuna and was director of a butter factory at Kyabram...	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	Rodney Electoral district of Rodney The Electoral district of Rodney is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate in Northern Victoria.The Rodney District covers an area of 7,808 square kilometres, including the towns of Echuca, Rochester, Nathalia, Cohuna, Heathcote, Gunbower, Kyabram, Rushworth and Stanhope.The district...	1917–1936
Albert Allnutt	Country Progressive	Mildura Electoral district of Mildura Mildura is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 27,162 km² rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Robinvale...	1927–1945
Hon Henry Angus	Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	Gunbower Electoral district of Gunbower The Electoral district of Gunbower was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Gunbower:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1911–1934
Hon Stanley Argyle Stanley Argyle Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE , Australian politician, was the 32nd Premier of Victoria. He was born in Kyneton, Victoria, the son of a grazier, and was educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in medicine...	Nationalist	Toorak	1920–1940
Hon Henry Bailey Henry Bailey (Australian politician) Henry Stephen Bailey was an Australian politician.Born in Ballarat East to stoker Thomas William Bailey and Margaret Kemple, he attended state school and St Patrick's College before becoming a law clerk at Ballarat and Port Fairy...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Warrnambool Electoral district of Warrnambool The Electoral district of Warrnambool was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Warrnambool:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1914–1932; 1935–1950
Henry Beardmore	Nationalist	Benambra Electoral district of Benambra The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in north-east Victoria and includes the towns of Chiltern, Wodonga, Yackandandah, Beechworth, Tallangatta, and Corryong...	1917–1932
Matthew Bennett	Country	Gippsland West Electoral district of Gippsland West ĦThe electoral district of Gippsland West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Gippsland West:-External links:...	1929–1950
Maurice Blackburn	Labor	Clifton Hill Electoral district of Clifton Hill Electoral district of Clifton Hill was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Clifton Hill:...	1914–1917; 1927–1934
Henry Bodman	Independent	Gippsland South Electoral district of Gippsland South The Electoral district of Gippsland South is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1927
Ernie Bond Ernie Bond James Ernest "Ernie" Bond is an English former professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Manchester United and Carlisle United and in the Scottish League for Queen of the South....	Labor	Port Fairy and Glenelg	1924–1943
Hon Murray Bourchier Murray William James Bourchier Brigadier Sir Murray William James Bourchier CMG DSO VD MLA was an Australian soldier and former Deputy Premier of Victoria from April 1935 until June 1936.-Early life:...	Country	Goulburn Valley Electoral district of Goulburn Valley The Electoral district of Goulburn Valley was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Goulburn Valley:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1920–1936
Sir John Bowser John Bowser John Bowser , Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Marsh and when he left school got a job with the Bacchus Marsh Express...	Country	Wangaratta and Ovens	1894–1929
William Brownbill William Brownbill William Brownbill was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 1920 to 1932, then from 1935 until his death in 1938. He represented the electoral district of Geelong for the Australian Labor Party...	Labor	Geelong Electoral district of Geelong The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is based around inner metropolitan Geelong and includes the suburbs of Bell Park, Drumcondra, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong and parts of Highton, and North Geelong...	1920–1932; 1935–1938
John Cain John Cain (senior) John Cain was an Australian politician, who became the 34th premier of Victoria, and was the first Australian Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was the only premier of Victoria whose son also served as premier.-Early life:Cain was born, one of 18...	Labor	Northcote Electoral district of Northcote The Electoral district of Northcote is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently covers the suburbs of Alphington, Fairfield, Northcote, Thornbury, and part of Preston. It lies on the northern bank of the Yarra River between the Merri and Darebin creeks.The seat...	1917–1957
Edward Cleary	Country Progressive	Benalla Electoral district of Benalla Benalla is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate covers a rural area of 17,120 km², and includes the towns of Benalla, Bright, Eildon, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Murchison, Myrtleford, Nagambie and Violet Town...	1927–1936
Arthur Cook	Labor	Bendigo	1924–1945
Ned Cotter	Labor	Richmond	1908–1945
Ernest Coyle	Nationalist	Waranga	1927–1943
Robert Cuthbertson	Nationalist	Albert Park Electoral district of Albert Park The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the inner city suburbs of South Melbourne, Albert Park, Port Melbourne and St Kilda...	1927–1929
Alfred Downward Alfred Downward Alfred Downward was an Australian politician.Born in Melbourne to Edward and Elizabeth Downward, he was educated at Prahran and Mornington before working on his father's Balnarring sheep farm. From 1874 he had his own property and was highly involved in settlement on the Mornington Peninsula...	Country	Mornington Electoral district of Mornington The Electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Mornington:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1894–1929
Arthur Drakeford Arthur Drakeford Arthur Samuel Drakeford was an Australian politician and was the minister responsible for the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II...	Labor	Essendon Electoral district of Essendon The Electoral district of Essendon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Ascot Vale...	1927–1932
Albert Dunstan Albert Dunstan Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan, KCMG was an Australian politician. A member of the Country Party , Dunstan was the 33rd Premier of Victoria. His term as Premier was the second-longest in the state's history, behind Sir Henry Bolte...	Country Progressive	Korong and Eaglehawk Electoral district of Korong and Eaglehawk Electoral district of Korong and Eaglehawk was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Korong and Eaglehawk:...	1920–1950
William Everard William Everard (Australian politician) William Hugh Everard , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Evelyn from 1917 until his retirement in 1950...	Nationalist	Evelyn Electoral district of Evelyn The Electoral district of Evelyn is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the urban fringe north east of Melbourne. It was first proclaimed in 1859.The seat has shrunk considerably in size as the eastern suburbs of Melbourne grew...	1917–1950
Frederick Forrest	Aust. Liberal	Caulfield Electoral district of Caulfield -See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly-External links:*...	1927–1930
George Frost	Labor	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...	1920–1942
Harold Glowrey	Country Progressive	Ouyen Electoral district of Ouyen The Electoral district of Ouyen was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Ouyens:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1927–1932
Burnett Gray	Aust. Liberal	St Kilda Electoral district of St Kilda The Electoral district of St. Kilda was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members of St Kilda:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1927–1932
Edmund Greenwood	Nationalist	Nunawading Electoral district of Nunawading The electoral district of Nunawading was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Nunawading:...	1917–1929
Frank Groves	Nationalist	Dandenong Electoral district of Dandenong The Electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1904 when the district of Dandenong and Berwick was abolished....	1917–1929; 1932–1937
Tom Hayes	Labor	Melbourne Electoral district of Melbourne The Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the localities of Carlton, North Carlton, Melbourne, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes Melbourne...	1924–1955
Ralph Hjorth	Labor	Grant	1924–1932
Hon Edmond Hogan Edmond Hogan Edmond John "Ned" Hogan , Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria, was born in Wallace, Victoria, where his Irish-born parents were small farmers...	Labor	Warrenheip and Grenville	1913–1943
Jack Holland	Labor	Flemington Electoral district of Flemington Flemington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1904 with the abolition of Essendon and Flemington, when it was won by Edward Warde, formerly the Labor member for that seat. It was briefly abolished in 1945 and recreated in 1955 before being abolished...	1925–1955
Arthur Hughes	Labor	Hampden Electoral district of Hampden Hampden was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1904 until its abolision on 1976. Most of the territory located in the old division of Hampden was transferred into the re-created electorate of Ripon. Hampden's most notable member was the...	1921–1929
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes Wilfrid Kent Hughes Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE, MVO, MC was an Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister.Kent Hughes was born in Melbourne to an upper middle-class family...	Nationalist	Kew Electoral district of Kew The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies a few kilometres east of Melbourne and is centred around the suburb of Kew and also contains parts of Balwyn and Canterbury....	1927–1949
Arthur Jackson	Labor	Prahran Electoral district of Prahran Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 12km² electorate in the inner south-east of Melbourne, taking in the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor, as well as parts of Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak...	1924–1932
Jim Jewell	Labor	Brunswick Electoral district of Brunswick The Electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and is based around the suburb of Brunswick....	1910–1949
Frank Keane	Labor	Coburg Electoral district of Coburg Electoral district of Coburg was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Coburg:...	1924–1940
Brig. George Knox	Nationalist	Upper Yarra	1927–1960
Walter Langslow	Nationalist	Castlemaine and Kyneton	1929
Hon Harry Lawson Harry Lawson Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG , Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.Lawson was born in Dunolly, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules...	Nationalist	Castlemaine and Kyneton	1900–1928
Hon John Lemmon	Labor	Williamstown Electoral district of Williamstown Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville...	1904–1955
Albert Lind	Country	Gippsland East Electoral district of Gippsland East The Electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Omeo, Maffra and Heyfield....	1920–1961
Richard Linton Richard Linton Richard Linton, ASMA, is an internationally renowned Australian artist. His paintings are primarily of maritime subjects.-Early life:...	Nationalist	Boroondara	1927–1933
William McAdam William McAdam (Australian politician) William James McAdam was an Australian politician.Born in Emerald Hill to blacksmith Alexander McAdam and Mary Ann Vigar, he attended state schools in Ballarat before becoming a bread carter. He became an organiser of the Bread Carters Union in 1904, rising to become secretary in 1924...	Labor	Ballarat	1924–1932
James McDonald	Nationalist	Polwarth Electoral district of Polwarth The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the rural territory west of Geelong and includes the towns of Anglesea, Lorne, Lismore, Colac, Camperdown, Terang and Mortlake....	1917–1933
Hon Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria during 1945...	Nationalist	Brighton Electoral district of Brighton The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Brighton:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1928–1945
William McKenzie	Labor	Wonthaggi Electoral district of Wonthaggi The Electoral district of Wonthaggi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Wonthaggi:...	1927–1947
Hon Edwin Mackrell	Country	Upper Goulburn	1920–1945
James Weir McLachlan	Independent	Gippsland North	1908–1938
Hon William Murray McPherson William Murray McPherson Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria....	Nationalist	Hawthorn Electoral district of Hawthorn The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1889 and has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors....	1913–1930
Thomas Maltby	Nationalist	Barwon	1929–1961
William Moncur	Country	Walhalla Electoral district of Walhalla The Electoral district of Walhalla was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members of Walhalla:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1927–1945
Edward Morley	Nationalist	Barwon	1920–1929
James Murphy	Labor	Port Melbourne Electoral district of Port Melbourne Electoral district of Port Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Port Melbourne:...	1917–1942
Francis Old	Country	Swan Hill Electoral district of Swan Hill The Electoral district of Swan Hill is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1919–1945
Hon Sir Alexander Peacock Alexander Peacock Sir Alexander James Peacock, KCMG , Australian politician, was the 20th Premier of Victoria.Peacock was born of Scottish descent at Creswick, the first Victorian Premier born after the gold rush of the 1850s and the attainment of self-government in Victoria. He was distantly related to the family...	Nationalist	Allandale Electoral district of Allandale The electoral district of Allandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Allandale:...	1889–1933
Hon John Pennington	Nationalist	Kara Kara and Borung Electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung The Electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Kara Kara and Borung:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1913–1917; 1918–1935
Reg Pollard Reg Pollard Reginald Thomas Pollard was an Australian politician.Pollard was born in Castlemaine, Victoria and educated at Woodend State School, West Melbourne Technical School and Workingmen's College. He worked as an agricultural labourer near Werribee and from 1912 to 1915 as a fitter in Melbourne...	Labor	Bulla and Dalhousie	1924–1932
Hon George Prendergast George Prendergast George Michael Prendergast , Australian politician, was the 28th Premier of Victoria. He was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Stawell in the Wimmera district of Victoria...	Labor	Footscray Electoral district of Footscray The Electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Footscray, Maribyrnong and Seddon....	1894–1897; 1900–1926; 1927–1937
Squire Reid	Labor	Oakleigh Electoral district of Oakleigh The Electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glen Huntly and Ormond.The seat is Labor Party...	1927–1932; 1937–1947
Hon William Slater Bill Slater (politician) -Early life:Slater is believed to have been born in 1890. He was born to parents of Irish background. His father left his family when he was four years old. He and two siblings were brought up by his mother in Prahran. After briefly attending Armadale State School Slater left school early to sell...	Labor	Dundas	1917–1947
Hon Oswald Snowball	Nationalist	Brighton Electoral district of Brighton The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Brighton:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1909–1928
Robert Solly Robert Solly Robert Henry Solly was an Australian politician.Born in Ramsgate, New South Wales, to Stephen Solly and Eliza Sage, he received no formal education and worked on a farm and a rope factory; he moved to Newcastle to work in the boot trade at the age of ten and travelled to South Australia when he...	Labor	Carlton	1904–1906; 1908–1932
Richard Toutcher	Nationalist	Stawell and Ararat Electoral district of Stawell and Ararat The Electoral district of Stawell and Ararat was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Stawell and Ararat:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1897–1935
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe	Labor	Collingwood	1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947
Arthur Walter Arthur Walter (politician) Arthur Lewis Nathan Walter was an Australian politician.Born at Coghill's Creek in Victoria to farmer Nathan Walter and Elizabeth Ann Stubbs, Walter attended state schools and then the Ballarat School of Mines, spending two years mining in Tasmania and Western Australia. He then became a farmer,...	Country	Gippsland West Electoral district of Gippsland West ĦThe electoral district of Gippsland West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Gippsland West:-External links:...	1924–1929
Gordon Webber	Labor	Heidelberg Electoral district of Heidelberg Electoral district of Heidelberg was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Heidelberg:...	1912–1932
Walter West	Nationalist	Gippsland South Electoral district of Gippsland South The Electoral district of Gippsland South is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1922–1927; 1927–1929
Marcus Wettenhall Marcus Wettenhall Marcus Edwy Wettenhall was an Australian politician.Born at Carrs Plains to grazier Holford Highlord Wettenhall and Mary Burgess Dennis, he attended local state schools before attending Toorak College and Geelong College, becoming an orchardist, wheat farmer and grazier...	Country	Lowan Electoral district of Lowan The Electoral district of Lowan is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Western Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1920–1935

On 2 November 1927, the Independent member for Gippsland South

Electoral district of Gippsland South

The Electoral district of Gippsland South is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....

, Henry Bodman, died. Nationalist candidate and former member Walter West won the resulting by-election on 3 December 1927.

On 16 March 1928, the Nationalist member for Brighton

Electoral district of Brighton

The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Brighton:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...

and Speaker of the Assembly

Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria....

, Oswald Snowball, died. Nationalist candidate Ian MacFarlane

Ian Macfarlane

Ian Macfarlane may refer to:* Ian MacFarlane , Scottish footballer and manager* Ian Macfarlane , Australian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, 1996–2006...

won the resulting by-election on 28 April 1928.

In October 1928, the Nationalist member for Castlemaine and Kyneton, former Premier Harry Lawson

Harry Lawson

Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG , Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.Lawson was born in Dunolly, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules...

, resigned to contest a Senate

Australian Senate

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seat at the 1928 federal election

Australian federal election, 1928

Federal elections were held in Australia on 17 November 1928. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election...

. Nationalist candidate Walter Langslow won the resulting by-election on 2 February 1929.

On 8 June 1929, the Nationalist member for Barwon, Edward Morley, died. Nationalist candidate Thomas Maltby won the resulting by-election on 6 July 1929.

In September 1929, the Country member for Gippsland West

Electoral district of Gippsland West

ĦThe electoral district of Gippsland West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Gippsland West:-External links:...

, Arthur Walter

Arthur Walter (politician)

Arthur Lewis Nathan Walter was an Australian politician.Born at Coghill's Creek in Victoria to farmer Nathan Walter and Elizabeth Ann Stubbs, Walter attended state schools and then the Ballarat School of Mines, spending two years mining in Tasmania and Western Australia. He then became a farmer,...

, resigned to contest Division of Indi

Division of Indi

The Division of Indi is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. It is located in north-eastern Victoria. Its northern border is formed by the Murray River...

in the 1929 federal election

Australian federal election, 1929

Federal elections were held in Australia on 12 October 1929. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, with no Senate seats up for election, as a result of Billy Hughes and other rebel backbenchers crossing the floor over industrial relations legislation, depriving the...

. Country candidate Matthew Bennett won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1929.

Sources

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