Herbert Downward

Herbert Edward Graham Downward (25 April 1880 – 5 July 1973) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Emerald Hill to Alfred Downward and Josephine Kerr. He was educated in Mornington, and managed the family property there before he inherited it. On 31 May 1916 he married Eileen May Edwards, with whom he had three sons. He served on Flinders Shire Council from 1917 to 1920 and Mornington Shire Council from 1919 to 1931, serving as president of the latter from 1922 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1930. In 1929 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Mornington, succeeding his father. He served until his defeat in 1932. Downward died in Frankston in 1973.^[1]

References

^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Downward, Herbert Edward Graham". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Victorian Legislative Assembly

Preceded by

Alfred Downward

Member for Mornington
1929–1932

Succeeded by

Alfred Kirton

[vic-1] Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Downward, Herbert Edward Graham". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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