Robert Charles Dunlop Elliott (28 October 1886 – 6 March 1950) was an Australia

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n politician. Born in Kyneton

Kyneton, Victoria

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, Victoria

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, he was educated at state schools before becoming a businessman, owning country newspapers and radio stations. He was a company director, land owner and philanthropist

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. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian Senate

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 as a Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 Senator for Victoria, taking his seat in 1929. He was defeated for preselection in 1934 by former member of the House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 William Gibson, and contested the Senate as an independent

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, winning 17.4% of the vote but failing to be elected. He was later Chairman of the Commonwealth Advisory Panel on Munitions Contracts from 1939 to 1940, and was personal assistant to the British

United Kingdom

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 Minister for Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

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, in 1940. Elliott died in 1950.