Alexander Gordon Culbert Ramsay (10 October 1863 – 2 August 1925) was an Australian politician, who served in the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

. Ramsay was born in

Williamstown, Victoria Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area. Williamstown recorded a population of 14,407 at the 2021 census. H ...

to Scottish-born engineer Alexander Culbert Ramsay and Mary Jane Whan. He worked as a mechanical engineer in

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before returning to

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to work for the Vacuum Oil Company. He later served as chairman of an oil company Ramsay and Treganowan, and as a sergeant in the Williamstown Artillery Battery. Around 1886 he married Florence Louisa Blyth. In

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

Ramsay was elected to the

as the Liberal member for Williamstown, serving two terms until his defeat at the 1904 election. He was also President of the Williamstown Football Club from 1903-06 and a Vice-President in 1907-08. Ramsay died in 1925 at Williamstown.

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1863 births 1925 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Williamstown, Victoria Australian engineers Australian businesspeople Colony of Victoria people {{Australia-politician-stub