Samuel Merrifield (6 February 1904 – 24 August 1982) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to carpenter William Merrifield and Sarah Semmens. He attended local state schools and

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, becoming a qualified surveyor in 1925. He worked with the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board until 1930, but was unemployed from 1931 to 1935 when he resumed his previous job. On 7 March 1936 he married Margaret Lillian Smith. After a brief stint with the State Electricity Commission he worked for the Department of the Interior from 1940 to 1943. A Labor Party member from 1922, he was elected to the

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in 1943 as the member for

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. He transferred to

in 1945, and from 1952 to 1955 was

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. He was defeated in 1955, and served on Keilor City Council from 1955 to 1958. In 1958 he was elected to the

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for

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. He was deputy leader of the Labor Party in the Legislative Council from 1960 to 1970, when he retired from politics. Merrifield died at Parkville in 1982.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merrifield, Samuel 1904 births 1984 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Vice-Presidents of the Board of Land and Works 20th-century Australian politicians People from Moonee Ponds, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Ministers for Public Works (Victoria)