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Australian politician (1901–1985)

The HonourableWilliam Dawnay-Mould
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Dandenong
In office
8 November 1947 – 5 December 1952
Preceded byFrank Field
Succeeded byLes Coates
Personal details
BornWilliam Roy Dawnay-Mould
(1901-11-02)2 November 1901
Hither Green, England
Died5 March 1985(1985-03-05) (aged 83)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
Liberal and Country Party
Other political
affiliations		Victorian Liberal Party
Spouse Constance Stevens ​(m. 1925)​
ChildrenTwo daughters
EducationSt Dunstan's College
OccupationReal 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ William Roy Dawnay-Mould, Re-Member (Parliament of Victoria).
  2. "Hollway Man to Fight Again". The Age. Melbourne, Vic. 18 July 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2015 – via Trove.
  3. "Liberals Expelled". Maryborough Chronicle (Qld. : 1947 - 1954). Qld. 14 August 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 16 December 2015 – via Trove.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded byFrank Field Member for Dandenong
1950–1952 		Succeeded byLes Coates
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