Kenneth Wheeler (politician)

Sir Kenneth Henry Wheeler (7 September 1912 10 May 1996) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Mernda to farmer William Henry Wheeler and Alma Nellie Bodycoat. He worked on his father's farm from the age of thirteen, and then became a retail dairyman at Coburg in 1934. On 24 January 1934, he married Hazel Jean Collins, with whom he had two children. In 1950, he amalgamated his business with Croft Dairies, to form Metropolitan Dairies, of which he became manager in 1959.

A Liberal Party member, he served on Coburg City Council from 1950 to 1959 and was mayor from 1955 to 1956. In 1958, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Essendon. He was elected Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1973, and was knighted in 1976. Wheeler retired from politics in 1979, and died in 1996.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Wheeler, Sir Kenneth Henry". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Sir Vernon Christie
Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
19731979
Succeeded by
Jim Plowman
New seat Member for Essendon
19581979
Succeeded by
Barry Rowe


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