Robert King (Victorian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
About Robert King (Victorian politician)
- Robert Shannon King, OBE (22 March 1920 – 30 June 1991) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, he attended Carey Grammar School in Melbourne before serving in the military 1940-45.
- He returned to Warracknabeal as a farmer and grazier, and became an official of the Victorian Country Party.
- In 1958, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Wimmera.
- On 5 October 1971 he was appointed Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Primary Industry, holding that this position until the McMahon Government's defeat on 5 December 1972. King's seat of Wimmera was abolished in 1977, and he retired from parliament.
- However his political activity continued, and he was campaign manager for Victorian State MP Bill McGrath in the 1979, 1982, 1985 and 1988 State elections.
- King died in 1991.
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