Robert McGregor (Australian politician)

Not to be confused with Robert MacGregor (Australian politician).

Robert McGregor (1853 – 6 August 1931) was an English-born Australian politician.

McGregor was born in Lambeth to blacksmith Charles McGregor and Isabel McPhee. He came to Victoria at a young age and was educated in Ballarat. He became a business agent and auctioneer, and married Mary Laurie,[1] with whom he had nine children.

In 1894 McGregor was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat East.[2] He was a minister without portfolio from 19 November 1900 to 12 February 1901, and from 12 February 1901 to 10 June 1902 was Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works.<ref name=arch> He was Chairman of Committees from 1918 to 1921, but he lost his seat in May 1924.[2] McGregor died in Melbourne in 1931.[2]

References

  1. ^ McGregor, Robert at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2012)
  2. ^ a b c "Robert McGregor". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 August 2025.


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