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Keith Wilson (South Australian politician)

Sir Keith Wilson
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Sir Keith Cameron Wilson, 1950
Senator for South Australia
In office
1 July 1938 – 30 June 1944
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Sturt
In office
10 December 1949 – 29 May 1954
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Norman Makin
In office
10 December 1955 – 31 October 1966
Preceded by Norman Makin
Succeeded by Ian Wilson
Personal details
Born (1900-09-03)3 September 1900
Adelaide, South Australia
Died 28 September 1987(1987-09-28) (aged 87)
Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party United Australia Party
(1938–1944)
Liberal (1944–1966)
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Bonython
(Lady Elizabeth Wilson CBE)
Relations Sir John Lavington Bonython (Father-in-law)
Children Ian Wilson
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer

Sir Keith Cameron Wilson (3 September 1900 – 28 September 1987) was a lawyer and Australian politician, sitting in both houses of federal parliament.

Born 3 September 1900 in Adelaide, a son of lawyer A. T. K. Wilson (died 15 August 1925) and his wife Lilian (née Laurence), he attended St Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, and studied law at the University of Adelaide. His grandfather, C. A. Wilson, and great-grandfather, Thomas Wilson, were also lawyers who practised in South Australia.

In 1930 he married Elizabeth (Betty) Hornabrook Bonython (25 January 1907 – 25 September 2008), born in Adelaide, the eldest daughter of Adelaide Advertiser editor, and Lord mayor of Adelaide, Sir John Lavington Bonython (1875–1960) and his first wife Blanche Ada Bray (1881–1908).

In the Australian federal election, 1934 he was, with J. L. Price, nominated by the Liberal and Country League for the seat of Boothby. Price was the winning candidate.

In the Australian federal election, 1937, Keith was elected a Senator for South Australia for the United Australia Party, serving from 1938 to 1944. In 1940 he joined the army, continuing to serve in the Senate. He was not re-elected in 1943, so when his term ended, he went on active service and became a "Rat of Tobruk", serving with the 2/7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, in North Africa, and subsequently in Borneo.


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