Griffin Cant Money (17 June 1865 – 1 September 1958) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1917 to 1924, representing the seat of Bunbury. Money was born in

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, England, and trained as a solicitor. He moved to Australia in 1898, and initially settled in

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, where he practised law. In 1910, Money purchased a property of at Burekup, in the state's

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region. He later acquired farms at Dinninup and

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.Griffin Cant Money
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Money first attempted to enter politics at the 1914 state election, but lost to the sitting Labor member for Bunbury, William Thomas. He reversed the result at the 1917 election, and held the seat until being defeated by Labor's Frederick Withers at the 1924 election. After leaving politics, Money returned to his Burekup property. He died in Bunbury in 1958, aged 93.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Money, Griffin 1865 births 1958 deaths Australian solicitors English emigrants to colonial Australia Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from North Kesteven District