Oswald Robinson Snowball (18 July 1859 – 16 March 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.
Snowball was born in
Wolsingham, England, and arrived in Australia in 1868 where his family spent three years on the land. He studied at Carlton College and the
University of Melbourne where he qualified as a solicitor and was admitted to practice in 1883. He was a partner in the firms Briggs & Snowball and later Snowball & Kaufmann.
[Snowball, Oswald Robinson]
Parliament of Victoria.
Snowball was elected to the Victorian parliament representing the
Commonwealth Liberal Party in the seat of
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
in a
by-election on 8 October 1909.
He was a prominent advocate of divorce law reform, in which he was supported by Rev.
William Bottomley and the
Melbourne Unitarian Church
Rev. Victor Montgomery Keeling James (19 March 1897 – 1984) was a Unitarian minister in Melbourne, Victoria from 1947 to 1969. He was the target of right-wing hostility in the 1950s and 1960s due to his activities in the peace movement and link ...
.
[ "Infidelity" here refers to anti-Christians ("infidels"), rather than to those who break marriage vows.]
He served on various royal commissions, until he was voted
Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the commencement of the
29th Parliament on 6 July 1927.
Snowball died in office on 16 March the next year.
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1859 births
1928 deaths
Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Australian solicitors
Melbourne Law School alumni
English emigrants to Australia
People from Wolsingham