Walter Gordon Duncan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Sir Walter Duncan
Office1:President of the Legislative Council of South Australia
Predecessor1:Sir David Gordon
Successor1:Les Densley
Term Start1:20 July 1944
Term End1:3 March 1962
Office2:Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
Term Start2:6 April 1918
Term End2:2 March 1962
Predecessor2:Sir Edward Lucas
Birth Name:Walter Gordon Duncan
Birth Date:1885 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Watervale, South Australia
Death Place:Parkside, South Australia
Spouse:Bessie Fotheringham (m.1909)
Party:Liberal and Country League

Sir Walter Gordon Duncan (10 March 1885 – 27 August 1963) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

History

Duncan was born in Watervale, South Australia, the second son of John Duncan, a wealthy and influential pastoralist and politician, and his wife Jean, née Grant. He was educated at St Peter's College, where he did not shine academically, but excelled at cricket. He was made Knight Bachelor in 1939.

Politics

He was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Liberal Party by the Midland electorate in March 1918 and was re-elected in 1924, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1950 and 1956, finally retiring in 1962. He was elected President of the South Australian Legislative Council in 1944 and held the position until 1962.[1]

Other interests

He was a longtime member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and its president in 1924 and 1925.

Family

He married Bessie Graham Fotheringham on 20 October 1922; they lived at 56 Park Terrace (now Greenhill Road), Parkside.

His brother, Jack Duncan-Hughes, was a member of both the Australian House of Representatives and Australian Senate.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sir Walter Gordon Duncan . yes . 14 November 2022.
  2. News: Out among the people . . 13 February 1940 . 26 December 2019 . 17 . Trove .