David Arnott (politician)

David Levis Edmund Andrea Arnott (15 January 1899 – 18 September 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Portland to farmer John Arnott and Theresa Valentine Pedrazzi. He attended state schools and became a farmer at Tyrendarra. On 21 May 1924 he married Amy Stanford, with whom he had four children. He was president and secretary of the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society and a member of the Victorian Dairyfarmers Association. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for Western Province. He served until his defeat in 1958, and he died at Tyrendarra two years later.[1]

References

1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Arnott, David Levis Edmund Andrea". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by Robert Rankin	Member for Western 1952–1958 Served alongside: Hugh MacLeod; Ronald Mack	Succeeded by Kenneth Gross