| 词条 | Walter West (politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Walter West |honorific-suffix = |image = |alt = |caption = |constituency_AM = Gippsland South |assembly = Victorian Legislative |term_start = 18 August 1922 |term_end = 5 March 1927 |predecessor = Thomas Livingston |successor = Henry Bodman |term_start1 = 3 December 1927 |term_end1 = 1 November 1929 |predecessor1= Henry Bodman |successor1 = Herbert Hyland |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1861|4|12}} |birth_place = Mortlake, Victoria |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1934|9|5|1861|4|12}} |death_place = Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |birthname = Walter Williams West |party = Nationalist Party |spouse = Susan Agnes Barrett |children = Five |residence = Traralgon |occupation = Coach builder and shire secretary }}Walter Williams West (12 April 1861 – 5 September 1934) was an Australian politician. He was a Nationalist Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Gippsland South from 1922 until 1927, when he was defeated at the state election by the independent Henry Bodman. When Bodman died less than seven months later, West regained the seat at the resulting by-election, and held it until the next election, when he was defeated by the Country Party candidate, Herbert Hyland, on preferences from the Labor Party.[1] West was born in Mortlake, Victoria to David Venson West and Mary Blewitt, emigrant farmers from England. He moved to Traralgon in 1884 and became a blacksmith, wheelwright and coach builder. He contracted a serious illness, and being confined to bed, was unable to continue his career as a blacksmith. Inspired by the American blacksmith Elihu Burritt, West worked to "exchange the sledgehammer for the pen", and become proficient in administration and politics.[2] In 1907 he obtained a municipal clerk's certificate and became a long-serving secretary of the Shire of Traralgon for over 27 years.[1] He was a founding member and president of the committee of the Traralgon Mechanics Institute, serving on the committee for over 50 years.[3] References1. ^1 Walter Williams West, Re-Member (Parliament of Victoria). {{s-start}}{{s-parl|au-vic-la}}{{s-bef|before=Thomas Livingston}}{{s-ttl|title=Member for Gippsland South|years=1922–1927}}{{s-aft|after=Henry Bodman}}{{s-bef|before=Henry Bodman}}{{s-ttl|title=Member for Gippsland South|years=1927–1929}}{{s-aft|after=Herbert Hyland}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Walter}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62676560 |title=SEASPRAY. |newspaper=Gippsland Times |location=Vic. |date=10 September 1934 |accessdate=15 December 2015 |page=5 }} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71563588 |title=MR WALTER WEST PASSES. |newspaper=Morwell Advertiser |location=Morwell, Vic. |date=6 September 1934 |accessdate=15 December 2015 |page=2}} 7 : 1861 births|1934 deaths|Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly|Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria|Australian blacksmiths|Australian people of English descent|People from Mortlake, Victoria |
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