Walter Massy-Greene
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The Honourable Sir Walter Massy-Greene KCMG |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Richmond |
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In office 13 April 1910 – 16 December 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Ewing |
| Succeeded by | Roland Green |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
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In office 17 October 1923 – 13 November 1925 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Millen |
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In office 1 July 1926 – 30 June 1938 |
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6 November 1874 Camberwell, England |
| Died | 16 November 1952 (aged 78) East Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | English Australian |
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Liberal (1910–16) Nationalist (1916–31) UAP (1931–38) |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Sir Walter Massy-Greene KCMG (6 November 1874 – 16 November 1952) was an Australian politician and businessman.
Massy-Greene was born in Camberwell, London England as Walter Massy Greene, son of John Greene, a brewer and hotel proprietor. Greene was educated at Lynton House College, Oxfordshire. He emigrated to Australia in 1891. He worked as a farmer, gold prospector and bank officer before becoming a dairy farmer in the Lismore area. Greene was elected to local government prior to standing for Federal Parliament.
Greene was elected to the House of Representatives for the seat of Richmond in 1910 election. He was initially elected as a member of the Commonwealth Liberal Party. Around this time he started to refer to himself informally as "Walter Massy-Greene". However, in 1917, following the Australian Conscription Crisis, the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party formed a coalition and Massy-Greene became a member of the resultant Nationalist Party. He continued to represent Richmond until 1922 when he was defeated by a Country Party candidate. He was appointed as a Nationalist Party Senator for New South Wales in 1923 and served to the 1925 election, when he was elected to the Senate from July 1926. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1938.
In the fourth Hughes Ministry Massy-Greene was an Honorary Minister in charge of matters relating to price-fixing (27 March 1918 – 17 January 1919). He was then promoted to be Minister for Trade and Customs (17 January 1919 – 21 December 1921). On 10 March 1921 he became the first Minister for Health, a position he held until 5 February 1923. He then became Minister for Defence until 5 February 1923.
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