William Hutchinson (Victorian politician)

William Hutchinson (31 May 1864 – 18 December 1924) was an Australian politician.

Hutchinson was born in Stawell to miner William Hutchinson and Mary née McKay.[1] He attended state school and then night school while working on his uncle's farm. He was a shop assistant in Murtoa until 1885, when he became a watchmaker and jeweller at Warracknabeal. On 7 September 1898 he married Janet Mackay, with whom he had four children.

In October 1902 Hutchinson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Borung.[2] A Country Liberal who opposed Thomas Bent, he was Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture from 22 December 1913 to 9 November 1915, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey from 9 November 1915 - 29 November 1917, and Minister of Public Instruction and Forests from 1918 to 1920. He was defeated by David Allison, a Victorian Farmers' Union candidate in 1920.[2][3] Hutchinson, who had sold his Warracknabeal business in 1907 and resided in Melbourne, died in East Malvern in 1924.[1][2] His nephew John Austin Gray was later a member of the Victorian Parliament.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Browne, Geoff (1983). "William Hutchinson (1864–1924)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "William Hutchinson". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. ^ "David Allison". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ^ Hutchinson, William at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 March 2012)
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