William Dawnay-Mould

The Honourable
William Dawnay-Mould
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Dandenong
In office
8 November 1947 – 5 December 1952
Preceded byFrank Field
Succeeded byLes Coates
Personal details
Born
William Roy Dawnay-Mould

(1901-11-02)2 November 1901
Hither Green, England
Died5 March 1985(1985-03-05) (aged 83)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
Liberal and Country Party
Other political
affiliations		Victorian Liberal Party
Spouse
Constance Stevens
​
(m. 1925)​
ChildrenTwo daughters
EducationSt Dunstan's College
OccupationReal estate agent

William Roy Dawnay-Mould (2 November 1901 – 5 March 1985) was an English-born Australian politician.

Dawnay-Mould was born in Hither Green, Kent, and was educated privately and at St Dunstan's College. Whilst in England, he was a member of the Conservative Party.[1]

In 1921, he emigrated to Melbourne and became a real estate agent and auctioneer. From 1946 to 1948, he served as a councillor on Sandringham City Council.[1]

At the 1947 Victorian state election, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the Liberal Party, which became the Liberal and Country Party in 1949. In 1952, Dawnay-Mould supported former LCP leader Thomas Hollway, and was Minister for Health, Minister of Mines and Minister-in-Charge of Housing and Materials in the "seventy-hour ministry" formed by Hollway in October 1952. The Governor of Victoria dismissed Hollway's government and called an election at which Dawnay-Mould was defeated.[1]

He unsuccessfully contested the Malvern by-election in August 1953, and was expelled from the Liberal and Country Party for contesting the by-election as a Hollway Liberal.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c William Roy Dawnay-Mould, Re-Member (Parliament of Victoria).
  2. ^ "Hollway Man to Fight Again". The Age. Melbourne, Vic. 18 July 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2015 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Liberals Expelled". Maryborough Chronicle (Qld. : 1947 - 1954). Qld. 14 August 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 16 December 2015 – via Trove.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Dandenong
1950–1952 		Succeeded by