Keith Turnbull

Keith Hector Turnbull (28 December 1907 – 4 September 1978) was an Australian politician.

Turnbull was born in Bendigo to farmer Walter Turnbull and Margaret Gunning.[1] He attended the local state school and became a farmer at Wedderburn. He served in the AIF during World War II and around 1940 married Olive Jean Mellis,[1] with whom he had five children.

In 1950 Turnbull was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal and Country Party member for Korong.[2] He transferred to Kara Kara in 1955 and became Minister of Lands and Soldier Settlement; he added the Conservation portfolio in 1961.[2] In 1964 he was defeated by a Country Party candidate and retired from politics. His cousin Campbell Turnbull[3][4] and son-in-law Charles Hider[5][6] were also members of the Victorian Parliament. After politics he was chairman of the Grain Elevators Board from 1965 to 1977. Turnbull died at Ascot Vale in 1978.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Turnbull, Keith Hector at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 March 2012)
  2. ^ a b c "Keith Hector Turnbull". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Campbell at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 March 2012)
  4. ^ "Campbell Turnbull". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  5. ^ Hider, Charles Allen Moir at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 March 2012)
  6. ^ "Charles Allen Moir Hider". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.


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