Walter Hamilton (politician)

Walter Alfred Hamilton (10 March 1863 – 1 September 1955) was an Australian politician. He was a public accountant, auditor and general manager before entering politics.

Hamilton was born near Glenelg, South Australia[1] and educated at Glenelg Grammar School.[2] He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Sandhurst from 1894 until 1900, when he fell out with Labor and ran for re-election and lost as a supporter of Premier Allan McLean.[1][3][4] He was re-elected to his old seat as an unaligned candidate in 1902, but was defeated for the new seat of Bendigo West in 1904 after his old seat was abolished.[5][6]

He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in 1917, winning a 1917 by-election for the seat of East Torrens for the Liberal Union.[7] He was re-elected in 1918 and 1921, but was defeated in 1924.[8] [9] He won a 1925 by-election, was re-elected in 1927, but defeated again in 1930.[4][10] He was again elected in the Liberal and Country League landslide at the 1933 election, but contested and lost Norwood in 1938 after the abolition of East Torrens.[11][12]

References
  1. "Hamilton, Walter Alfred". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. "Out among the People". The Advertiser. 24 December 1936. p. 21. Retrieved 8 December 2014 – via Trove.
  3. "THE GENERAL ELECTIONS". The Colac Herald. Vic. 2 November 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  4. "EAST TORRENS MEMBER". The News. Adelaide. 5 December 1925. p. 1 Edition: SPORTING EDITION. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  5. "THE POLITICAL LABOR LEAGUE". Bendigo Advertiser. Vic. 8 June 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  6. "OLD MEMBERS WHO WERE DEFEATED–27". Bendigo Advertiser. Vic. 3 June 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  7. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BY ELECTION". The Riverine Grazier. Hay, NSW. 15 May 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  8. "Mr Walter Hamilton". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. "S.A. ELECTIONS. BARWELL GOVERNMENT DEFEATED". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 7 April 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  10. "LOYAL SUPPORTERS". The Chronicle. Adelaide. 17 April 1930. p. 44. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  11. "S.A. ELECTIONS". The West Australian. Perth. 13 April 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.
  12. "VIEWS AND COMMENTS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 16 June 1938. p. 26. Retrieved 11 May 2015 – via Trove.

 


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