Robert Wardlaw | |
Senator for Tasmania | |
Term Start: | 9 May 1953 |
Term End: | 30 June 1962 |
Predecessor: | John Marriott |
Birth Date: | 1889 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Mathinna, Tasmania |
Death Place: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Party: | Liberal |
Robert Wardlaw (5 August 1889 - 27 June 1964) was an Australian politician. Born in Mathinna, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before serving in the military 1914–1920. He returned to become a shopkeeper at Ringarooma and later a farmer and pig breeder. He was President of the Tasmanian Farmers' Federation 1949-1951 and was also a company director. In 1953 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Tasmania. He held the seat until his retirement in 1961.[1] [2]
Wardlaw died in 1964, aged 74.