Walter Hamilton (politician) explained

Walter Alfred Hamilton (10 March 1863  - 1 September 1955) was an Australian politician. He was a public accountant, auditor and general manager before entering politics.

Hamilton was born near Glenelg, South Australia and educated at Glenelg Grammar School.[1] He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Sandhurst from 1894 until 1900, when he fell out with Labor and ran for re-election and lost as a supporter of Premier Allan McLean.[2] [3] [4] He was re-elected to his old seat as an unaligned candidate in 1902, but was defeated for the new seat of Bendigo West in 1904 after his old seat was abolished.[5] [6]

He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in 1917, winning a 1917 by-election for the seat of East Torrens for the Liberal Union.[7] He was re-elected in 1918 and 1921, but was defeated in 1924.[8] [9] He won a 1925 by-election, was re-elected in 1927, but defeated again in 1930.[4] [10] He was again elected in the Liberal and Country League landslide at the 1933 election, but contested and lost Norwood in 1938 after the abolition of East Torrens.[11] [12]

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  1. News: Out among the People. . . 24 December 1936 . 8 December 2014 . 21 . Trove.
  2. 422 . Hamilton, Walter Alfred . 23 August 2022.
  3. News: THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. . . Vic. . 2 November 1900 . 11 May 2015 . 2 . Trove.
  4. News: EAST TORRENS MEMBER. . . Adelaide . 5 December 1925 . 11 May 2015 . 1 Edition: SPORTING EDITION . Trove.
  5. News: THE POLITICAL LABOR LEAGUE. . . Vic. . 8 June 1904 . 11 May 2015 . 6 . Trove.
  6. News: OLD MEMBERS WHO WERE DEFEATED–27. . . Vic. . 3 June 1904 . 11 May 2015 . 3 . Trove.
  7. News: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BY ELECTION. . . Hay, NSW . 15 May 1917 . 11 May 2015 . 2 . Trove.
  8. 3712 . Mr Walter Hamilton . yes . 19 August 2022.
  9. News: S.A. ELECTIONS. BARWELL GOVERNMENT DEFEATED. . . Broken Hill, NSW . 7 April 1924 . 11 May 2015 . 1 . Trove.
  10. News: LOYAL SUPPORTERS. . . Adelaide . 17 April 1930 . 11 May 2015 . 44 . Trove.
  11. News: S.A. ELECTIONS. . . Perth . 13 April 1933 . 11 May 2015 . 15 . Trove.
  12. News: VIEWS AND COMMENTS. . . Adelaide . 16 June 1938 . 11 May 2015 . 26 . Trove.