David Allison (23 July 1865 – 27 June 1928) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Coomoora near
Daylesford to farmer David Allison and Alice Duff. He was a pioneer at
Watchupga, where he ran a general store and had wheat and grazing lands. Around 1895 he married Harriett Sophia Pickering, with whom he had six children. From 1907 to 1922 he served on
Birchip Shire Council, with a term as president in 1918–19. In 1920 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
for
Borung
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as a member of the
Victorian Farmers' Union
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, which soon became the
Country Party. Allison served until his retirement in 1927, and died the following year in
Hawthorn
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Plants
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.
References
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1865 births
1928 deaths
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
People from Daylesford, Victoria