Keith Turnbull
Keith Hector Turnbull (28 December 1907 – 4 September 1978) was an Australian politician.
Turnbull was born in Bendigo to farmer Walter Turnbull and Margaret Gunning.[1] He attended the local state school and became a farmer at Wedderburn. He served in the AIF during World War II and around 1940 married Olive Jean Mellis,[1] with whom he had five children.
In 1950 Turnbull was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal and Country Party member for Korong.[2] He transferred to Kara Kara in 1955 and became Minister of Lands and Soldier Settlement; he added the Conservation portfolio in 1961.[2] In 1964 he was defeated by a Country Party candidate and retired from politics. His cousin Campbell Turnbull[3][4] and son-in-law Charles Hider[5][6] were also members of the Victorian Parliament. After politics he was chairman of the Grain Elevators Board from 1965 to 1977. Turnbull died at Ascot Vale in 1978.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Turnbull, Keith Hector". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 1 2 3 "Keith Hector Turnbull". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ↑ "Turnbull, Campbell". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Campbell Turnbull". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hider, Charles Allen Moir". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Charles Allen Moir Hider". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- 1907 births
- 1978 deaths
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Presidents of the Board of Land and Works
- Ministers for conservation (Victoria)
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Commissioners of crown lands and survey (Victoria)