Robert Elliott (Victorian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
About Robert Elliott (Victorian politician)
- Robert Charles Dunlop Elliott, (28 October 1884 – 6 March 1950) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Kyneton, Victoria, 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.
- In 1928, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Victoria, taking his seat in 1929.
- He was defeated for preselection in 1934 by former member of the House of Representatives William Gibson, and contested the Senate as an independent, 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 Minister for Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, in 1940.
- Elliott died in 1950.
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