Robert McGregor (Australian politician) explained

Robert McGregor (1853  - 6 August 1931) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Lambeth to blacksmith Charles McGregor and Isabel McPhee. He came to Victoria at a young age and was educated in Ballarat. He became a business agent and auctioneer, and married Mary Laurie, with whom he had nine children. In 1894 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat East. He was a minister without portfolio from 1900 to 1901, and from 1901 to 1902 was Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. He was Chairman of Committees from 1918 to 1921, but he lost his seat in 1924. McGregor died in Melbourne in 1931.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Victoria . Parliament of Victoria . McGregor, Robert . re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851 . Parliament of Victoria . 2001 . 6 March 2016.