Arthur Harold Finch Drakeford (8 February 1904 – 13 June 1959) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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Arthur Drakeford Arthur Samuel Drakeford (26 April 1878 – 9 June 1957) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1934 to 1955, representing the Labor Party. He served as Minister for Air and Minister for Civil ...

and Ellen Warrington. He was a fitter and turner on the railways before an eye injury led to him becoming a clerk. Around 1934 he married Violet Amelia Heldon, with whom he had two sons. Like his father he was active in the Labor Party, serving as president of the party's

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and West Coburg branches and secretary of the

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branch. In 1945 he was elected to the

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as the member for

, but he was defeated in 1947. He returned to the Assembly in 1955 as the member for

; with that seat's abolition in 1958 he again contested Essendon, but was defeated. Drakeford died the following year in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drakeford, Arthur Jr. 1904 births 1959 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians