Arthur Lewis Nathan Walter (27 September 1873 – 22 April 1951) was an Australian politician.
Born at Coghill's Creek in
Victoria to farmer Nathan Walter and Elizabeth Ann Stubbs, Walter attended state schools and then the
Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...
School of Mines, spending two years mining in
Tasmania and
Western Australia. He then became a farmer, owning land at
Werribee,
Little River and
Benalla. On 27 April 1904, he married Jane Caldow, with whom he had four daughters. In 1924 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly as the
Country Party member for
Gippsland West, becoming the party's deputy leader. At the time he was also the party's vice-president, having served as a central councillor (1916–29), treasurer (1917–20) and chief president (1920–22). In 1929 he resigned from parliament to contest the federal seat of
Indi
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, without success. He later became a grazier at
Melton and chair of Victorian Newspapers Ltd. Walter died in 1951 at
Bacchus Marsh
Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne and west of Melton, Victoria, Melton at a near equidistance to th ...
and was cremated. His ashes are at Fawkner Cemetery, VIC.
References
1873 births
1951 deaths
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Australian farmers
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