Donald Melville

Donald Melville (1829 20 March 1919) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Aberdeen and christened on 19 November 1829; his parents were Donald Melville and Margaret Jolly. He worked as a clerk, but later migrated to Victoria where he was a wool store traveller. Around 1871 he became an auctioneer at Brunswick; in that year he also married Kate Mackay, with whom he had five daughters. He established D. Melville and Company around 1874, a firm of wool and grain brokers and auctioneers in Melbourne. He served on Brunswick Municipal Council from 1878 to 1884 and was mayor from 1881 to 1882. In 1882 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Province. He was Minister of Defence and Minister of Health from 1899 to 1900. In 1904 he transferred to Melbourne North Province, and served until his death in Brunswick in 1919.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Melville, Donald". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Frank Dobson
Member for Southern
18821904
Served alongside: W. Clarke/R. Clarke; Hamilton/Henty/James/Brunton
Succeeded by
Nicholas Fitzgerald
New seat Member for Melbourne North
19041919
Served alongside: Francis Stuart, William Evans, William Beckett
Succeeded by
Esmond Kiernan
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