Reg Pollard
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Reginald Thomas Pollard (31 October 1894 – 24 August 1981) is a former Australian politician.[1]
Pollard was born in Castlemaine, Victoria and educated at Woodend State School, West Melbourne Technical School and Workingmen's College. He worked as an agricultural labourer near Werribee and from 1912 to 1915 as a fitter in Melbourne. During World War I he served in the first Australian Imperial Force the 6th Battalion from October 1915 in Egypt and France and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He was wounded in 1918 and invaldiated home. He became a soldier settler in Woodend as a dairy farmer. He married Elsie Bowman Hodges in 1922 and they had two sons.[2][3]
Pollard founded the Woodend branch of the Australian Labor Party. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Dalhousie in 1924, and represented the seat of Bulla and Dalhousie from 1927 until his defeat in the 1932 election. He was assistant Minister of Agriculture from December 1929 to May 1932. He ran unsuccesfuly for the federal seat of Gippsland at the 1934 election and the state seat of Castlemaine and Kyneton in 1935.[2]
Pollard was elected to the Australian House of Representatives seat of Ballarat at the 1937 election and held it until the 1949 election, when he was elected as the member for Lalor. He was appointed Minister for Commerce and Agriculture in the second Chifley Ministry in November 1946, but lost office with the defeat of the Chifley government at the 1949 election. As Minister, he introduced a scheme to stabilise the price of wheat paid to farmers.[4] He was defeated in Lalor at the 1966 election. He died in Gisborne.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Members of the House of Representatives since 1901. Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b c Pollard, Reginald Thomas. re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Anthony, Doug (25 August 1981). Death of the Honorary Reginald Thomas Pollard. Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ McMahon, William (25 August 1981). Death of the Honorary Reginald Thomas Pollard. Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Scully |
Minister for Commerce and Agriculture 1946 – 1949 |
Succeeded by John McEwen |
| Parliament of Australia | ||
| Preceded by Archibald Fisken |
Member for Ballaarat 1937 – 1949 |
Succeeded by Alan Pittard |
| New division | Member for Lalor 1949 – 1966 |
Succeeded by Mervyn Lee |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pollard, Reginald Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 31 October 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castlemaine, Victoria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 24 August 1981 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Gisborne, Victoria |
