Anthony Loton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
About Anthony Loton
- Anthony Lloyd Loton (13 February 1904 – 14 May 1998) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1944 to 1965.
- He was President of the Legislative Council from 1954 to 1958. Loton was born in Upper Swan, Western Australia, to Annie Campbell (née Forrest) and Ernest William Loton.
- His mother was a niece of Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, and his paternal grandfather, Sir William Loton, was a Mayor of Perth.
- Loton was educated in Perth, attending Christ Church Grammar School and Hale School.
- After leaving school, he initially farmed on his father's farm at Upper Swan, but later took over a property in Popanyinning (a small Wheatbelt locality).
- Prominent in agricultural circles, Loton was elected to parliament at a 1944 by-election for the Legislative Council's South-East Province, which had been caused by the death of Harold Piesse.
- After the 1947 state election, he was made deputy chairman of committees.
- In May 1954, the President of the Legislative Council, Sir Harold Seddon, lost his seat, and Loton was elected in his place.
- The first holder of the office from the Country Party, he served in the position for just over four years, leaving office in August 1958.
- Loton retired from parliament at the 1965 state election.
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