Patrick Keith Sutton (12 February 1896 – 6 April 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to farmer John Patrick Sutton and Julia Minogue. Educated locally, he was a local journalist and was secretary of the Albert Park branch of the Labor Party from 1938. He married Mary Lucy McIntosh around 1924; they had two sons. From 1939 to 1952 he served on South Melbourne City Council (mayor 1943–44). In 1950 he was elected to the

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for Albert Park. He was elected

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in 1952 but lost the position when Labor lost government in 1955. He remained on the backbenches of parliament until 1970, when he retired. Sutton died at Middle Park in 1973.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Keith 1896 births 1973 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians