Keith Hector Turnbull (28 December 1907 – 4 September 1978) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer Walter Turnbull and Margaret Gunning. He attended the local state school and became a farmer at Wedderburn. He served in the AIF during

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and around 1940 married Olive Jean Mellis, with whom he had five children. In 1950 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Korong. He transferred to Kara Kara in 1955 and became Minister of Lands and Soldier Settlement; he added the Conservation portfolio in 1961. In 1964 he was defeated by a Country Party candidate and retired from politics. His cousin

Campbell Turnbull Campbell Turnbull (2 October 1898 – 18 April 1977) was an Australian politician. He was born at Wedderburn to farmer Robert Turnbull and Jane Grauzer. After attending state schools he worked for Korong Shire Council until 1914, when he b ...

and son-in-law Charles Hider were also members of the Victorian Parliament. After politics he was chairman of the Grain Elevators Board from 1965 to 1977. Turnbull died at

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in 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Keith 1907 births 1978 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Presidents of the Board of Land and Works Ministers for the Conservation (Victoria) 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II