Robert Charles Dewley was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from 1947 until 1953. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

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Dewley was born in Rose Bay, New South Wales

Rose Bay, New South Wales

Rose Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rose Bay is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Municipal Council and Woollahra Council .Rose Bay has views of both the Sydney...

 with the birth surname of Lambourne. He was the son of a insurance inspector and was educated at Randwick Boys High School

Randwick Boys High School

Randwick Boys' High School, is a school located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, between Rainbow and Avoca Streets. It is a boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...

 . Dewley initially worked as a butcher in Rozelle, New South Wales

Rozelle, New South Wales

Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....

 but in 1947 he started a car dealership in Stanmore, New South Wales

Stanmore, New South Wales

Stanmore is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Stanmore is located 6 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Marrickville Council.-History:...

. He was an alderman on Drummoyne Municipal Council

City of Canada Bay

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 from 1943-44 and 1955-59. He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament at the 1947

New South Wales state election, 1947

The 1947 New South Wales state election was held on 3 May 1947. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1940 redistribution...

 state election as the Liberal member for Drummoyne

Electoral district of Drummoyne

Drummoyne is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Sidoti of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

. Dewley defeated the sitting Labor member Robert Greig

Robert Greig (politician)

Robert Greig was an Australian politician for the Labour party. He represented the Electoral district of Drummoyne 1941—1947. He served alongside Thomas Bavin in the Electoral district of Ryde 1920-27.-References:...

. He retained the seat at the subsequent election in 1950

New South Wales state election, 1950

The 1950 New South Wales State state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution...

 but was defeated at the 1953

New South Wales state election, 1953

The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...

election. He did not hold ministerial, parliamentary or party office.