David Arnott (politician)

David Levis Edmund Andrea Arnott (15 January 1899 18 September 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Portland to farmer John Arnott and Theresa Valentine Pedrazzi. He attended state schools and became a farmer at Tyrendarra. On 21 May 1924 he married Amy Stanford, with whom he had four children. He was president and secretary of the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society and a member of the Victorian Dairyfarmers Association. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for Western Province. He served until his defeat in 1958, and he died at Tyrendarra two years later.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Arnott, David Levis Edmund Andrea". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Robert Rankin
Member for Western
19521958
Served alongside: Hugh MacLeod; Ronald Mack
Succeeded by
Kenneth Gross
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