Harold Welbourn King (11 July 1906 – 24 August 1983) was an Australian politician who represented the
South Australian House of Assembly
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seat of
Chaffey for the
Liberal and Country League
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from 1956 to 1962.
King had been a bank official, packing shed executive and fruitgrower before entering politics. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the
1956 election, defeating 18-year independent incumbent and government critic
William MacGillivray
William MacGillivray FRSE (25 January 1796 – 4 September 1852) was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.
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MacGillivray was born in Old Aberdeen and brought up on Harris. He returned to Aberdeen where he studied Medicin ...
after the LCL exchanged preferences with Labor to oust MacGillivray. King was defeated by Labor candidate
Reg Curren
Arthur Reginald Curren (27 June 1914 – 25 September 1996) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly
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at the
1962 election, and lost a rematch with Curren at the
1965 election.
References
Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
1906 births
1983 deaths
Liberal and Country League politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
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