Albert Palmer (Australian politician)

Albert Palmer
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Echuca
In office
12 December 1906 – 14 August 1919
Preceded by James McColl
Succeeded by William Hill
Personal details
Born 1859
Melbourne, Victoria
Died 14 August 1919 (aged 59–60)
Nationality Australian
Political party Anti-Socialist (1906–09)
Liberal (1909–17)
Nationalist (1917–19)
Occupation Grazier

Albert Clayton Palmer (1859 – 14 August 1919) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he received a primary education before becoming a bank clerk and later a flour-miller and grazier. He sat on Euroa Shire Council and was the leader of the Kyabram Reform Movement, a conservative rural group that aimed to reduce the number of state parliamentarians. In 1906 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Echuca, defeating the sitting member for the abolished Moira, Thomas Kennedy, by just 32 votes.[1] This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns,[2] and Palmer won the subsequent by-election more comfortably.[3] Palmer joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909 and the Nationalist Party in 1917, and held Echuca until his death in 1919.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1906 legislative election: House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Kennedy v Palmer [1907] HCA 21, (1907) 4 CLR 1481.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "House of Representatives: by-elections 1906-10". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Carr, Adam. "House of Representatives: by-elections 1917-19". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
James McColl		 Member for Echuca
1906–1919		 Succeeded by
William Hill


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