Marcus Saltau

Marcus Saltau CBE (17 June 1869 – 21 July 1945) was an Australian politician.

Saltau was born in Warrnambool to German-born carrier Henry Saltau and his Scottish wife Annie née McKenzie.[1] He attended state school and followed his father into the produce trade, eventually becoming manager of the family firm. On 4 April 1893 he married Jean Buick Anton, with whom he had two children; he would later marry Margaret Hilda Humphries in 1927. From 1899 to 1913 he served on Warrnambool Town Council, of which he was mayor from 1910 to 1911[1] or 1912[2]

In 1924 Saltau won a by-election for Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Nationalist Party.[3] He was a minister without portfolio from 22 November 1928 to 3 July 1929 and again March–April 1935,[1] or 19 May 1932 to 20 March 1935.[3] Denied United Australia Party preselection in 1940, he was lost his seat running as an independent. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1945. Saltau died in Toorak in 1945 and was buried in Warrnambool cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Worrall, Airlie (1988). "Marcus Saltau (1869–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ^ Saltau, Marcus at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 March 2012)
  3. ^ a b "Marcus Saltau". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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