Ewart Henry Runciman (15 July 1907 – 14 December 1981) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a

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member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1962 to 1974, representing the seat of Murray. Runciman was born in

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, Scotland, to Agnes Evelyn (née Williamson) and Robert Thomas Ewart Runciman. His family moved to

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, in 1912, but returned to Scotland in 1915 before going back to Australia in 1919. Runciman attended

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, and subsequently won a scholarship to the

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, although he did not pursue a military career. Before entering politics, he was a farmer, spending periods at Wilga (1927 to 1948), Boyup Brook (1948 to 1952), and North Dandalup (from 1952).Ewart Henry Runciman
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016. Runciman entered parliament at the 1962 Murray by-election, which was caused by the resignation of Sir

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(a former

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). He was re-elected three more times (in

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and

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) before leaving parliament at the 1974 election. Runciman died in Pinjarra in December 1981, aged 74. He had married Flora Hester Mayhew (née Inglis) in 1942, with whom he had two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Runciman, Ewart 1907 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Australian farmers Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People educated at Scotch College, Perth Politicians from Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to Australia