Lot Victor Diffey (21 March 1877 – 23 February 1952) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Tarrawingee to farmer Dan Diffey and Hannah Dunkley. He became a farmer at
Everton and on 9 November 1903 married Jessie Catherine Mitchell, with whom he had five children; he would later marry Eveline May Hunt around 1949. He served on
Beechworth Shire Council from 1909 to 1936 (president 1913–14) and
Wangaratta Shire Council from 1926 to 1941 (president 1935–36). A founding member of the
Country Party who served on its council from 1919 to 1924, he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presidin ...
in 1929 for
Wangaratta and Ovens. He served until his retirement in 1945. In 1950 Diffey moved to
Cheltenham, and he died in
Brighton in 1952.
References
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1877 births
1952 deaths
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly