Bob McClure (politician)

John Robert McClure (10 February 1913 – 6 July 1983) was an Australian politician.

McClure was born in Connewirricoo to farmer John Thomas McClure and Mary McDonnell.[1] He attended state school and after the depression saw his family lose their farm was an shearer around Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. He eventually acquired a farm at Harrow and on 4 September 1937 married Winifred Emily Haylock,[1] with whom he had two children.

On 6 December 1952 McClure was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Dundas, but he was defeated on 27 May 1955.[2] He was subsequently an executive member of the Australian Workers' Union and local agent 1956–1983.[1] McClure died at Harrow in 1983.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c McClure, John Robert ('Bob') at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2012)
  2. ^ a b "John Robert McClure". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 14 August 2025.


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