Seddon Vincent
Seddon Vincent | |
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| Senator for Western Australia | |
| In office 1 July 1950 – 9 November 1964 | |
| Succeeded by | Peter Sim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Seddon Vincent 1 June 1908 Leonora, Western Australia |
| Died | 9 November 1964 (aged 56) Belmont, Western Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Victor Seddon Vincent (1 June 1908 – 9 November 1964) was an Australian politician. Born at Leonora, Western Australia, he was educated at Scotch College in Perth, and then the University of Western Australia, becoming a barrister. He practiced in Kalgoorlie from 1931. After serving in World War II (1939-1945), he was a member of Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, and President of the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his death in 1964; Peter Sim was appointed to replace him.[1][2]
Early life
Vincent was born on 1 June 1908 in the remote mining town of Leonora, Western Australia. He was the son of Ethel (née Williams) and Victor Franklin Vincent. His father was an accountant and insurance agent.[1]
Vincent's mother died when he was a young child. He attended primary school in Leonora and was then sent to boarding school at Scotch College, Perth. He left school in 1923 and went on to study law part-time at the University of Western Australia, although he did not complete a degree. He served his articles of clerkship with barrister Leonard Goold and was admitted to the bar in 1930.[1]
Vincent was a talented sportsman, excelling at Australian rules football, rugby union and surf lifesaving. He played 32 senior games for the Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) from 1926 to 1928. He also played rugby union at state level and won three state titles with the Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club.[1]
Legal career and military service
During the Great Depression, Vincent practised law in the Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin. He moved to the Eastern Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie in 1937.[1]
Vincent enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1940, serving with the administrative and special duties branch including briefly in New Guinea. He moved to RAAF headquarters in Melbourne in 1942 as director of staff duties. He was discharged in October 1945 with the rank of squadron leader.[1]
Politics
Early activities
Vincent was a member of the Young Australia League and toured Europe with the league in 1924 and 1925. In the early 1930s he campaigned for the Western Australian secession movement. He served on the Kalgoorlie Town Council from 1946 to 1950 and first stood for parliament at the 1946 federal election, running unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in the seat of Kalgoorlie. The following year he was elected president of the Liberal Party's Kalgoorlie branch and as a member of its state executive.[1]
Senate
At the 1949 federal election, Vincent was elected to a Senate term beginning on 1 July 1950. He was re-elected at the 1951 (following a double dissolution), 1955 and 1961 elections.[1]
Personal life
In 1931, Vincent married Freda Treadgold; the couple had no children. Freda worked as a speech and drama teacher and the couple were active in repertory theatre, winning several awards for their amateur productions. Vincent was also a "recognised authority" on native wildflowers.[1]
Vincent died in Belmont on 9 November 1964,[1] aged 56, following a "long illness".[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hough, David (2010). "VINCENT, Victor Seddon (1906–1964) Senator for Western Australia, 1950–64 (Liberal Party of Australia)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ "Senator Vincent's devoted national work praised". The Canberra Times. 11 November 1964.
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