Archie Lionel Tanner (18 April 1908 – 23 August 1975) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to publican Edgar Tanner and Emily Prosser. His family moved to

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and he attended All Saints Grammar School in St Kilda before becoming an accountant with the

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. On 3 June 1933, he married Edna May Smith, with whom he had two daughters. During

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, he served with the

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. Tanner was a lightweight amateur boxing champion, and was a referee at the

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in Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960, Tokyo in 1964 and Mexico City in 1968, as well as at the

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in Perth in 1962 and Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966. In 1967 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, but he was defeated in 1970. He returned to banking and retired in 1973. His brother Sir Edgar Tanner and nephew

Ted Tanner Edgar Miles Ponsonby "Ted" Tanner (born 19 March 1947) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Caulfield; his father, Sir Edgar Tanner, was a Victorian MLA from 1955 to 1976. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and received a Master ...

also served in the

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. Tanner died at

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in 1975.

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1908 births 1975 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians People from Beverley, Western Australia Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub