Robert McGregor (Australian politician)

Robert McGregor (1853 6 August 1931) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Lambeth to blacksmith Charles McGregor and Isabel McPhee. He came to Victoria at a young age and was educated in Ballarat. He became a business agent and auctioneer, and married Mary Laurie, with whom he had nine children. In 1894 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat East. He was a minister without portfolio from 1900 to 1901, and from 1901 to 1902 was vice-president of the Board of Land and Works. He was Chairman of Committees from 1918 to 1921, but he lost his seat in 1924. McGregor died in Melbourne in 1931.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McGregor, Robert". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
John Dunn
Member for Ballarat East
18941924
Succeeded by
William McAdam
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