Alfred Farthing

Alfred Alexander Farthing (1 September 1872 – 9 November 1953) was an Australian politician.

Farthing was born in Koroit to farmer James Haley Farthing and Margaret Leishman.

In 1911, Farthing was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for East Melbourne. He was unseated in August 1912 after illegal practices were identified from his campaign, but was re-elected at the subsequent by-election in October. A Liberal, he joined the "Economy" faction of the newly-formed Nationalist Party in 1917. He voted against the 1924 redistribution bill and was denied Nationalist endorsement at that year's election, but he was re-elected anyway and soon re-joined his former party. His seat was abolished in 1927 and he was defeated running for Caulfield.

Farthing died in East Hawthorn in 1953.