Jock Granter, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jock Granter

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1921

Date of Death: 14-May-2012

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jock Granter

  • Frederick James "Jock" Granter (6 March 1921 – 14 May 2012) was an Australian politician. He was born in Gardenvale to estate agent Donald Frederick Forster Granter and his wife Marion.
  • After attending Gardenvale Central School and Caulfield Grammar School he became a bank officer in 1938, and served in the AIF during World War II from 1941 to 1946.
  • He married Helena Ferrier Thomas on 9 October 1949.
  • In 1954 he changed careers, farming merino sheep in Heathcote, where he became active in the local Liberal Party.
  • In 1964 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the member for Bendigo, shifting to Central Highlands in 1976.
  • From 1973 to 1981 he was Minister of Water Supply and Forests, moving to Police and Emergency Services in 1981 and standing down from the front bench a year later.
  • He retired from politics in 1988.

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