Reynold Arthur Clarey (15 March 1897 – 9 May 1972) was an

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politician. Born in

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to estate agent Francis William Clarey and Catherine Lawson (his half-brother

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would also go on to be a prominent politician and unionist), Arthur attended Flemington State School,

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and

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, graduating with a

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. He was employed as a clerk with the Victorian Public Service from 1913 to 1920 and with

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from 1920 to 1947. On 23 September 1940 he married Irene Mary Leech, who died in 1957; he remarried on 1 July 1958 Doris Jane McGinnis, ''née'' Blythe. Clarey joined the Labor Party in 1932, and was later president of the Clerks' Union. In 1955 he was elected to the

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for

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. He was the auditor of the state branch from 1955 to 1970 and the parliamentary treasury spokesman from 1967 to 1970. He died in 1972 at

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1897 births 1972 deaths Australian public servants Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni Australian trade unionists Clerks Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians People from South Yarra, Victoria 20th-century Australian businesspeople Businesspeople from Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub