Arthur Hewson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Hewson

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1914

Place of Birth: Korumburra, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1999

Profession: politician, dairy farmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Arthur Hewson

  • Henry Arthur Hewson, OAM (31 December 1914 – 20 November 1999) was an Australian politician.
  • Born in Korumburra, Victoria, he was a dairy farmer at Warragul before serving in the military 1941–45.
  • He was active in local politics as a member of Warragul Shire Council, and was elected to Gippsland Province in the Victorian Legislative Council for a six-year term at the 1964 state election. In 1972, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for McMillan, despite receiving only 16.6% of the primary vote.
  • This was one of the lowest primary votes achieved by a successful candidate, elected in a single seat electorate, in the history of Australian elections.
  • His election was made possible by a strong flow of preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and from former Liberal member Alex Buchanan, who was running as an independent after losing his Liberal endorsement to Barrie Armitage.
  • On polling day, Hewson picked up enough preferences from the DLP and Buchanan to overtake Armitage on the third count.
  • He then won the seat on the fourth count after Armitage's preferences flowed overwhelmingly to him.Despite the Coalition agreement at federal level, relations between the main non-Labor parties in Victoria were somewhat frosty at the time.
  • The Victorian Liberal Party Executive created an unusual three-way campaign in 1974 by fielding Armitage against Hewson.
  • A minor controversy ensued when Hewson issued an allegedly confusing How-to-Vote Card (using Liberal colours rather than Country Party colours, and headed "Liberal-Country Party Senate Team"). Hewson was in turn defeated by Liberal candidate, Barry Simon, in 1975.
  • Hewson died in 1999.

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