Iven Wemyss Manning (7 June 1918 – 20 July 1988) was an Australian politician who was a

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member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1950 to 1974. Manning was born in

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, to Laura Mabel (née Fidler) and Ernest Joseph Manning. He worked as a farmhand after leaving school, and then in 1940 enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Manning served with the 2/28th Battalion in the Middle East, and lost his arm in the

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in July 1942, in the area known as Ruin Ridge. Upon returning to Australia, he farmed at

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and Yarloop, and was also an officeholder with the

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(RSL) and various other veterans' organisations.Iven Wemyss Manning
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2016. A member of the Liberal Party since 1946, Manning entered parliament at the 1950 state election, winning election to the new seat of Harvey. He switched to the recreated seat of Wellington at the 1962 election, which he held until his retirement at the 1974 election, and of the eight elections he contested was elected unopposed on four occasions. Manning was a Liberal Party

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from 1957 to 1962 and again from 1965 to 1974, and served as chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1965. He returned to farming after leaving politics, and died in

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in July 1988, aged 70. He had married twice, having four children with his first wife and four step children with his second.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Iven 1918 births 1988 deaths Australian amputees Australian Army soldiers Australian Army personnel of World War II Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Bunbury, Western Australia Australian politicians with disabilities