Augustus Cecil Elphinstone (1874–1964) was an Australian businessman and politician. He served in the

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for the electoral district of Oxley (Queensland) from 1918 until 1929.

Biography

Augustus Cecil Elphinstone was born on 13 September 1874 in

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, England. His father was Henry Walker Elphinstone, a clerk, and his mother was Harriet Anne Elphinstone, née Eldred. After receiving his education at Forest House College,

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, he worked briefly for the

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before travelling to Charters Towers, Queensland in 1892. He returned to England in 1894 and embarked on a 14-year career in insurance, eventually serving as general manager of the Welsh Insurance Corporation. During this time, he married Louisa Dinah Lloyd on 5 October 1897, with whom he had five children, and he also spent seven years in the

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. In 1912 he returned to Queensland and experimented with tobacco farming near

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and then moved to Brisbane in 1914 to found the

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. During

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he was involved in several business ventures and served in the Australian Imperial Force for a few months in 1918. Also in 1918, Elphinstone began his political career, standing for the electoral district of Oxley (Queensland) as a member of the National Party and winning a seat in the

. He resigned from his party in 1929 and soon after lost his seat. He died in Brisbane on 24 March 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone, Cecil 1874 births 1964 deaths Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland