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Walter Hannaford (20 May 1868 – 29 June 1942) was a farmer and politician in South Australia. HistoryWalter Hannaford was born in Riverton, South Australia, a son of John Elliott Hannaford (ca.1834 – 1 November 1900) and his wife Selina S. Hannaford née Sambell (ca.1833 – 19 September 1918). Walter was educated at the local school and at Thomas Caterer's College at Semaphore. As a young man he had a financial interest in a Queensland grazing property, and he took a keen interest in local government there, as well as in the Riverton district, where he was for some time chairman of the District Council of Gilbert. He took over his father's Riverton property "Broad Oak" around 1898 when his father retired to Medindie[1] and continued to operate the farm. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1912, representing the Midland (previously designated "North-East") district, and held it until 1941, when he retired. During his years in Parliament he consistently worked in the interests of primary producers. While a member of the Legislative Council he was a member of the Main Roads Board, the Wheat Commission, and Betting Commission. He was a director of the SA Farmers' Co-operative Union, and was local director of the Citizens' and Producers' Life Assurance Company. He left a widow, three sons, and two daughters. FamilyWalter Hannaford (20 May 1868 – 29 June 1942), one of many notable descendants of Susannah Hannaford, married Clara Evelyn Bowden (1868–1960) on 23 March 1899, lived at "Broad Oak", Riverton, later "Leiston", Galway Avenue Collinswood. Among their children were:
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54560241 |title=Riverton |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=10 November 1900 |accessdate=4 November 2014 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannaford, Walter}} 4 : Members of the South Australian Legislative Council|1868 births|1942 deaths|Liberal and Country League politicians |
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