Harry Lawson
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The Honourable Sir Harry Lawson KCMG |
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| 27th Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 21 March 1918 – 28 April 1924 |
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| Constituency | Castlemaine and Maldon |
| Preceded by | John Bowser |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Peacock |
| Senator for Victoria | |
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In office 1 July 1929 – 30 June 1935 |
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| Born | 5 March 1875 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 12 June 1952 (aged 77) East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
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Nationalist (1917–31) UAP (1931–35) |
| Spouse(s) | Olive Adele Horwood |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG (5 March 1875 – 12 June 1952),Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.
Lawson was born in Dunolly, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules footballer, playing for Castlemaine. He studied law with a Melbourne law firm and was called to the bar. He then went into practice in Castlemaine, and was elected to the town council, serving as mayor in 1905. In 1901 he married Olive Horwood, with whom he had eight children.
Lawson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Castlemaine as a Liberal in a by-election in December 1899, and represented the district in its different incarnations for 28 years. In June 1904, Lawson was elected to the new Electoral district of Castlemaine and Maldon, holding this seat until a redistribution in 1927, when he was elected as member for Castlemaine and Kyneton. Lawson was President of the Board of Land and Works in the government of William Watt from 1913 to 1915, and Attorney-General in the government of Alexander Peacock from 1915 to 1917. He remained loyal to Peacock when most country Liberal members supported John Bowser's rural faction, the Economy Party, and when Bowser's short-lived government ended in resignation in March 1918, Lawson succeeded him.
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