Mervyn George Lakin (9 November 1888 – 19 June 1954) was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In May 1954 he was elected to the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, H ...

as the

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member for Mersey, but he died the following month, having served one of the shortest terms in the history of the Legislative Council.

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1888 births 1954 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub