Robert Levien

Robert Henry Levien (1849 12 July 1938) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Singleton to general merchant Alfred Levien and Mayalla MacDerniod. He was educated at West Maitland and became a solicitor's clerk in Newcastle in 1866. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1873, practising at Tenterfield (187375), West Maitland (187579) and Tamworth (187981) before moving to Sydney. On 22 October 1879 he married Harriette Emma Cousins, with whom he had three children. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tamworth. A Protectionist, he served as a backbencher for over thirty years (including the period 18941904 as member for Quirindi), until he was defeated in 1913. Having become an independent following the collapse of the Progressive Party in 1907, he continued to contest elections as an independent until 1927. Levien died in Sydney in 1938.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Robert Henry Levien (1849–1938)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat Member for Tamworth
1880–1894
Served alongside: Burdekin; Gill; Burke; Dowel
Succeeded by
George Dibbs
New seat Member for Quirindi
18941904
Abolished
Preceded by
John Garland
Member for Tamworth
1904–1913
Succeeded by
Frank Chaffey
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