Arthur Wallace (politician)

Arthur Knight Wallace (25 December 1879 – 21 August 1952) was an Australian politician.

Wallace was born in Yacka to storekeeper Andrew Wallace and Eliza Hodge and grew up in the Mallee and in Gippsland.[1] He served in the Second Boer War and after his return became a member of the Victorian Socialist Party. On 10 December 1908 he married Elizabeth née Ahern,[1] with whom he had two children. He lived in Adelaide from 1910 to 1916, when he returned to Melbourne as a carpenter. He became president of the Carpenters' Union and served on South Melbourne City Council from 1928 to 1937 (mayor 1933–34).[1] In November 1919 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park, representing the Labor Party.[2] He was defeated in March 1927 but re-elected in November 1929.[2] He supported the Premiers' Plan,[2] and so left the Labor Party, retiring in 1932. Wallace died in South Melbourne on 21 August 1952.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wallace, Arthur Knight at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 April 2012)
  2. ^ a b c d "Arthur Knight Wallace". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 September 2025.


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