Arnold Wienholt (25 November 1877 – 10 September 1940) was an Australian grazier, author and politician. He was a

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and a

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Early life

Arnold Wienholt was born on 25 November 1877 at

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, Queensland, the son of

Edward Wienholt Edward Wienholt (1833–1904) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Politics Wienholt was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Western Downs at the 1868 colonial elect ...

(a Member of the

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) and his wife Ellen (née Williams). He was educated in England at

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and

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before returning to Australia as a grazier on the

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. He served in the military 1899–1902 and 1914–1916, and was a published author.

Politics

In 1909, he was elected to the

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as the member for Fassifern, where he remained until 1913. In 1919, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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; he was also endorsed by the Primary Producers Union, effectively the

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state Country Party. Although sympathetic to the Country Party, formed in 1920, he remained a Nationalist, although the Country Party often received his support. He retired in 1922. In 1930 he returned to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern, where he remained until 1935.

Later life

Wienholt rejoined the military in 1939, at the start of World War II. He was killed in action in

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on 10 September 1940 and is memorialised at the

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