Henry Beardmore

Henry Beardmore (7 February 1863 – 29 August 1932) was an Australian politician.

Beardmore was born in Melton to butcher Edwin James Beardmore and Flora McDonald.[1] He grew up in Benalla and became a butcher at Glenrowan before becoming a farmer near Wodonga. On 15 July 1885 he married Agnes Annie Lee, with whom he had four children; she died in 1892, and on 23 August 1893 he married Jessie Muirhead, with whom he had a further ten children. He served on Wodonga Shire Council from 1898 to 1922, with four terms as president (1900–01, 1908–10, 1911–12, 1914–17).[1]

In 1917 Beardmore won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra;[2] he was associated with the Economy Party and more broadly with the Nationalists. From 19 March 1924 to 18 July 1924 he was a minister without portfolio, a position he held again from 18 June 1929 to 10 December 1929.[2] He was Minister of Railways, Electrical Undertakings and Labour for two days in December 1929. Beardmore remained in the Assembly until his death in Wodonga in 1932.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Beardmore, Henry at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 March 2012)
  2. ^ a b c "Henry Beardmore". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 6 August 2025.


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