Walter Massy-Greene

Sir Walter Massy-Greene K.C.M.G. (November 61874 – 16 November 1952) was an Australian politician.

Massy-Greene was born in Camberwell, London England and 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. Massy-Greene was elected to local government prior to standing for Federal Parliament.cite web
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Massy-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. 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 a Nationalist Party Senator for New South Wales from 1923 to 1925 and from 1926 to 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.

He was relegated to the back bench during the Bruce Ministry. In the First Lyons Ministry he became the minister assisting the Leader of the Government in the Senate (6 January 1932 – 23 June 1932) and assistant Treasurer (6 January 1932 – 25 September 1933). He died in the Freemasons' Hospital, East Melbourne.

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NAME=Massy-Greene, Walter
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=November 6 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH=Camberwell, London England
DATE OF DEATH=16 November 1952
PLACE OF DEATH= East Melbourne