| 词条 | Don Ferguson (Victorian politician) |
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Donald Patrick John "Don" Ferguson (18 September 1907 – 6 December 1987) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geelong to manager John Edward Ferguson and Mary Catherine McDonald. He attended local Catholic schools and worked for a rope making firm, first as a fitter and turner and eventually as an engineer. From 1930 to 1937 he had a wheat and sheep farm on the Mallee. On 23 August 1942 he married Dorothy Adelaide Preston, with whom he had four children. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for South Western Province. He was Minister of Forests and Mines from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Transport briefly in 1955 before the Labor Party lost government. He lost his seat in 1958. After politics he became chairman and managing director of Rodda Manufacturing. Ferguson died in 1987.[1] References1. ^{{cite web | last = Parliament of Victoria | first = | authorlink = Parliament of Victoria | coauthors = | title = Ferguson, Donald Patrick John | work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851 | publisher = Parliament of Victoria | date = 2001 | url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1061 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 12 December 2015}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-vic-lc}}{{s-bef|before=Allan McDonald}}{{s-ttl|title=Member for South Western | years=1952–1958 | alongside=Gordon McArthur}}{{s-aft|after=Geoffrey Thom}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Don}} 5 : 1907 births|1987 deaths|Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria|Members of the Victorian Legislative Council|20th-century Australian politicians |
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