Valentine Johnston, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Valentine Johnston

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1880

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1957

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Valentine Johnston

  • Valentine Carlysle Ross Wood Johnston (27 December 1880 – 11 February 1957) was an Australian politician. He was born in Bathurst to financier John Wood Johnston and Caroline Jane, née Mutton.
  • He attended primary school at O'Connell before working as a miner at Burraga and then Portland, where he was secretary of the miners' union.
  • He moved to Sydney and became a solicitor's clerk.
  • A Boer War veteran, He married Eva Emily Millard in 1911; the couple had two sons.
  • In 1917 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Bathurst, holding the seat until his defeat in 1922.
  • He died in 1957 at Balgowlah, at which time he was working as a munitions inspector.

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