Valentine Carlysle Ross Wood Johnston (27 December 1880 – 11 February 1957) was an Australian politician. He was born in Bathurst to financier John Wood Johnston and Caroline Jane, ''née'' Mutton. He attended primary school at

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before working as a miner at

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and then

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, where he was secretary of the miners' union. He moved to

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and became a solicitor's clerk. A

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veteran, He married Eva Emily Millard in 1911; the couple had two sons. In 1917 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Bathurst, holding the seat until his defeat in 1922. He died in 1957 at

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, at which time he was working as a munitions inspector.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Valentine 1880 births 1957 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians