Ian Macfarlan

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Ian Macfarlan

35th Premier of Victoria
In office 2 October 1945 – 21 November 1945
Deputy	Thomas Maltby
Preceded by	Albert Dunstan
Succeeded by	John Cain (senior)
Personal details
Born	John Robert Macfarlan 21 November 1881 Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	19 March 1964(1964-03-19) (aged 82) Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Beryl Johnstone Wardill King

Ian Macfarlan (born John Robert Macfarlan; 21 November 1881 – 19 March 1964) was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria during 1945. He was briefly commissioned as the 35th Premier of Victoria by the Governor and formed a government which brought about the end of the Dunstan Ministry.

At the end of September 1945, the government of Albert Dunstan was defeated in the Legislative Assembly, when it voted to refuse Supply to his government. Five Liberals, two Country Party members and one Independent voted with the Labor Opposition, on the grounds of dissatisfaction with the government's legislative program and opposition to Dunstan's leadership.

Instead of resigning, however, Dunstan persuaded the Governor, Sir Winston Dugan, to grant him a dissolution of Parliament, conditional on the budget being passed. These terms drew fire from the Opposition who claimed that the Governor in his letter to the Premier had left himself open to the charge of instructing the Assembly to grant Supply to a ministry which had already been refused it and to no other.

When it became clear that the Assembly would not grant Supply to the Dunstan Ministry, the Governor commissioned as Premier Ian Macfarlan, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, who had been Attorney-General in Dunstan's Ministry, on the production of written assurances of support from the Labor Opposition and from members of the Liberal Party, the Country Party and the Independents whose revolt had led to Dunstan's defeat. Macfarlan formed a government, both Houses passed Votes of Supply, and the dissolution took immediate effect.

At the subsequent state election in November, the Labor Party obtained a majority (with the support of two Independents) and formed a government. The state of parties was Labor 32, United Country Party 18, Liberals 13, Independents 2. Macfarlan was one of the defeated candidates.

References

Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online Edition)

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Oswald Snowball	Member for Brighton 1928–1945	Succeeded by Raymond Tovell
Political offices
Preceded by Albert Dunstan	Premier of Victoria 1945	Succeeded by John Cain

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Persondata
Name	Macfarlan, Ian
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	21 November 1881
Place of birth	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	19 March 1964
Place of death	Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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