Richard Linton (politician)

Sir Richard Linton (10 March 1879 – 21 September 1959) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician.

1926 caricature by Reynolds

Linton was born in Palmerston North to land valuer James Linton and Ann née Kibblewhite.[1] He migrated to Australia around 1899 and became a dispatch clerk in Sydney. He moved to Melbourne in 1907 as manager of the Middows Brothers paper and machinery branch there; he would eventually become managing director of the company. On 31 March 1909 he married Ethel Isabel Bannister in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] They had two sons.

In 1924 Linton established the Big Brother Movement, which gave assisted passage to British youths to work on Australian farms.[1] In 1927 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Boroondara.[2] He was briefly a minister without portfolio in December 1929,[2] and served as cabinet secretary from 1932 to 1933.[3] In 1933 he resigned from politics to become Agent-General for Victoria in London; he held this position until 1934 and was knighted in 1936. During World War II he was Officer in Charge of the services inquiry and advice bureau.[3] In 1940 and 1948 he unsuccessfully sought pre-selection for the State seat of Toorak.[1] Linton died in East Melbourne in 1959.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Browne, Geoff (1986). "Linton, Sir Richard (1879–1959)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Sir Richard Linton". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b Linton, Sir Richard at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2012)
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