Roy Paton
James Roy Paton (23 November 1882 – 25 April 1947) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Yabba to pioneer grazier Archibald Paton and Ruth McMeekin. He attended Brighton Grammar School and then worked on the family property. On 30 April 1923 he married Isobel Mary McMeekin, with whom he had two children. He then moved to farm at Tallangatta, and from 1923 to 1947 served on Towong Shire Council, with two terms as president from 1929 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1933. He was the founding president of the Country Party's Tallangatta branch, and in 1932 won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra. He was the party whip from 1943 to 1945, but died at Tallangatta in 1947.[1]
References
- Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Paton, James Roy". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2015. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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| Preceded by Henry Beardmore |
Member for Benambra 1932–1947 |
Succeeded by Tom Mitchell |
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