Sir Harry Lawson | |
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27th Premier of Victoria | |
In office 21 March 1918 – 28 April 1924 | |
Constituency | Castlemaine and Maldon |
Preceded by | John Bowser |
Succeeded by | Alexander Peacock |
Senator for Victoria | |
In office 1 July 1929 – 30 June 1935 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 March 1875 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 12 June 1952 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | (aged 77)
Political party | Nationalist (1917–31) UAP (1931–35) |
Spouse | Olive Adele Horwood |
Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG (5 March 1875 – 12 June 1952),[1] was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Victoria from 1918 to 1924. He later entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for Victoria from 1929 to 1935, and was briefly a minister in the Lyons government. He was a member of the Nationalist Party until 1931, when it was subsumed into the United Australia Party.