Bob McClure (politician)
John Robert "Bob" McClure (10 February 1913 – 6 July 1983) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Connewirricoo to farmer John Thomas McClure and Mary McDonnell. He attended state school and after the depression saw his family lose their farm was an shearer around Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. He eventually acquired a farm at Harrow and on 4 September 1937 married Winifred Emily Haylock, with whom he had two children. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Dundas, but he was defeated in 1955. He was subsequently an executive member of the Australian Workers' Union. McClure died at Harrow in 1983.[1]
References
- Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McClure, John Robert (Bob)". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by William McDonald |
Member for Dundas 1952–1955 |
Succeeded by William McDonald |
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