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Category for people holding the office of Agent-General for the colony (pre-1901) or state (post 1901) of Victoria (Australia). Pages in category "Agents-General for Victoria" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Sir Graham Berry, KCMG (28 August 1822 – 25 January 1904), [1] was an Australian colonial politician and the 11th Premier of Victoria.He was one of the most radical and colourful figures in the politics of colonial Victoria, and made the most determined efforts to break the power of the Victorian Legislative Council, the stronghold of the landowning class.
The plaque of the Agent General for British Columbia in London. An agent-general (French: Délégué général or Déléguée générale [1]) is the representative in cities abroad of the government of a Canadian province or an Australian state and, historically, also of a British colony in Jamaica, Nigeria, Canada, Malta, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand and subsequently, of a Nigerian ...
During his political career he served as Minister of Agriculture and Markets in the Allan government and the Chief Secretary, Minister of Labour and Deputy Premier of Victoria in the early years of the Dunstan government. [7] He resigned from Parliament in August 1936 and was appointed Victorian Agent-General. [7]
His great-uncle, Sir Thomas Hardy and his grandfather Sir William Hardy were Deputy Keepers of the Public Records, and his father William John Hardy (died 1919) was a record agent in the firm of Hardy and Page, later Hardy and Reckitt. [2] [3] His uncle on his mother's side was William Page, record agent and general editor of the Victoria ...
In February 1892, Premier James Munro, who was deeply in debt, asked his Cabinet to appoint him Victorian Agent-General in London. He then resigned as Premier and immediately took ship from Port Melbourne. [4] The Liberals turned to William Shiels as a "clean" new leader, and he became the new Premier on 16 February 1892. [5]
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O'Loghlen's tenure as Premier prior to the 1883 election had been, as later described in the Adelaide Observer, a period of "muddle and confusion".It was "by general consent" and a longing "for peace and progress" that, after the election, the political factions led by James Service and Graham Berry joined forces to form a coalition of moderate conservatives and moderate liberals.