Robert Patten

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Robert Patten
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hume
In office
31 May 1913  26 March 1917
Preceded by William Lyne
Succeeded by Franc Falkiner
Personal details
Born 1859
London, England
Died 17 September 1940 (aged 8081)
England
Nationality English Australian
Political party Commonwealth Liberal Party
Occupation Farmer

Robert Patten (1859 17 September 1940) was an English-born Australian politician.

Life

Born in London, Patten migrated to Australia as a youth, and from 1883 was a teacher in rural New South Wales. In 1896 he became a farmer with a property near Wellington, and was President of the Farmers and Settlers Association from 1908-13. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1908-10. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a member of the Commonwealth Liberal Party, defeating former New South Wales Premier William Lyne, running as an independent, for the seat of Hume. He held the seat until he retired in 1917. He returned to England and died in 1940.[1][2]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  2. "Mr Robert Patten (1859 - 1940)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
William Lyne
Member for Hume
1913 1917
Succeeded by
Franc Falkiner


place of death. Geelong, Victoria

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