Frederick Charles Thomas Holden (22 March 1894 – 26 April 1961) was an

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politician. He was born in

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to George Frederick Holden, a merchant and Minnie Elizabeth Ireson. He attended

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and became a farmer at Melton. In December 1914 he married Elsie Maud Thompson, with whom he had a daughter. He served on Melton Shire Council from 1916 to 1927, and was twice president (1918–19, 1926–27). In 1932 he was elected to the

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for

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, representing the

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. He left the party in 1937 and was an

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until 1940, when he joined the Country Party. He was

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from 1945 to 1947. Holden was defeated in 1950, and died in

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in 1961.

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