Alfred James Kirton (14 April 1877 – 20 April 1960) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
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 ...
to bookmaker Emanuel Kirton and Jane Milburn. He left school at the age of twelve to work for a draper, and from the age of fifteen worked in a
Melbourne warehouse. Around 1901 he married Edith Augusta Pope, with whom he had two daughters; he would remarry in 1911, to Alice Emily Rouvray, with whom he had a further three children. He ran a bakery in
Brunswick from 1913 until 1921, when he retired to
Mornington. He served on
Mornington Shire Council from 1926 to 1952 and was twice president (1927–28, 1947–48). In 1932 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly as the
United Australia Party member for
Mornington. He defected to the
Country Party in 1939, and served until his retirement in 1947. His brother
Joseph also served in the Assembly. Kirton died in Mornington in 1960.
References
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1877 births
1960 deaths
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Ballarat