Lot DiffeyLot Victor Diffey (21 March 1877 – 23 February 1952) was an Australian politician. Diffey was born in Tarrawingee to farmer Dan Diffey and Hannah Dunkley.[1] He became a farmer at Everton and on 9 November 1903 married Jessie Catherine Mitchell, with whom he had five children; he would later marry Eveline May Hunt around 1949. He served on Beechworth Shire Council from 1909 to 1936 (president 1913–14) and Wangaratta Shire Council from 1926 to 1941 (president 1935–36).[1] A founding member of the Country Party who served on its council from 1919 to 1924,[1] Diffey was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1929 for Wangaratta and Ovens[2] after being unsuccessful in 1927.[1] He served until his retirement in October 1945. In 1950 Diffey moved to Cheltenham, and he died in Brighton on 23 February 1952.[2] References
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