William Dawnay-Mould Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
William Dawnay-Mould
Constituency Am:Dandenong
Assembly:Victorian Legislative
Term Start:8 November 1947
Term End:5 December 1952
Predecessor:Frank Field
Successor:Les Coates
Birth Date:1901 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Hither Green, England
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:William Roy Dawnay-Mould
Nationality:British
Citizenship:Australian
Party:Liberal Party
Liberal and Country Party
Otherparty:Victorian Liberal Party
Children:Two daughters
Education:St Dunstan's College
Occupation:Real estate agent

William Roy Dawnay-Mould (2 November 1901 – 5 March 1985) was an English-born Australian politician.

Dawnay-Mould was born in Hither Green, Kent, and was educated privately and at St Dunstan's College. Whilst in England, he was a member of the Conservative Party.[1]

In 1921, he emigrated to Melbourne and became a real estate agent and auctioneer. From 1946 to 1948, he served as a councillor on Sandringham City Council.

At the 1947 Victorian state election, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the Liberal Party, which became the Liberal and Country Party in 1949. In 1952, Dawnay-Mould supported former LCP leader Thomas Hollway, and was Minister for Health, Minister of Mines and Minister-in-Charge of Housing and Materials in the "seventy-hour ministry" formed by Hollway in October 1952. The Governor of Victoria dismissed Hollway's government and called an election at which Dawnay-Mould was defeated.

He unsuccessfully contested the Malvern by-election in August 1953, and was expelled from the Liberal and Country Party for contesting the by-election as a Hollway Liberal.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/details/1008-william-roy-dawnay_mould William Roy Dawnay-Mould
  2. News: Hollway Man to Fight Again . . Melbourne, Vic. . 18 July 1953 . 16 December 2015 . 3 . Trove.
  3. News: Liberals Expelled . . Qld. . 14 August 1953 . 16 December 2015 . 1 . Trove.