Keith Dodgshun
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The Honourable Keith Dodgshun |
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| 13th Deputy Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 27 June 1950 – 28 October 1952 |
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| Premier | John McDonald |
| Preceded by | Trevor Oldham |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Dennett |
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In office 31 October 1952 – 17 December 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Dennett |
| Succeeded by | Bill Galvin |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ouyen |
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In office 5 May 1938 – 3 October 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Bussau |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Rainbow |
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In office 10 November 1945 – 22 April 1955 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 July 1893 Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Died | 12 May 1971 (aged 77) Hopetoun, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Lilian Gulliver (m. 1925) |
| Occupation | Wheat farmer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Imperial Force |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Rank | Gunner |
| Unit | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Keith Dodgshun (31 July 1893 – 12 May 1971) was a politician in Victoria, Australia. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for just under 17 years, representing the electorates of Ouyen and Rainbow for the Country Party from 1938 to 1955.
Dodgshun was born in the inner Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn to warehouse manager Frederick William Dodgshun and his English wife Rosa May Russell. He was educated at Camberwell Grammar School and the Burnley Agricultural College. He managed his family's property at Mount Egerton for several years before enlisting in the army.
Dodgshun enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 November 1917, He was assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade and stationed in France and Belgium during World War I. He was discharged from the army on 31 March 1919.
On his return to Australia, Dodgshun settled in Hopetoun where he worked in the soldier settlement scheme.
In 1922, Dodgshun joined the United Country Party and became president of the party's Hopetoun branch. From 1933 to 1938, he was a local councillor in the Shire of Karkarooc, until he nominated for election to the lower house of the Victorian state parliament.
Dodgshun was elected unopposed to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the only candidate to nominate for the vacancy in Ouyen caused by the departure of Albert Bussau who had resigned to become Victoria's Agent-General in London, so the by-election scheduled for 5 May 1938 was not held.
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