Alexander Hay Borthwick (27 May 1884 – 5 May 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to banker William Borthwick and Ada Maud Bell. He worked for the Standard Bank of South Africa for a decade after leaving school, and in 1911 returned to

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to farm at Fulham. During

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he served with the 8th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli and was wounded at the battle of the Nek; he also lost an arm in Palestine at the

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. Around 1916 he married Eve Sage, with whom he had seven children. After the war he farmed at

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and in 1926 co-founded a stock and station agency based in Sale. In 1938 he won a by-election for the

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seat of Gippsland North, representing the Country Party. He served until his death in Sale in 1942.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borthwick, Alexander 1884 births 1942 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians People from Maffra Australian stock and station agents