About Clive Stoneham
Lived 1909 – 1992 (aged 83). Clive Stoneham was an Australian politician.
Clive Philip Stoneham (12 April 1909 – 3 July 1992) was an Australian politician. He was an ALP member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for over 27 years from November 1942 to April 1970, representing the electorates of Maryborough and Daylesford (1942–1945) and Midlands (1945–1970). From 1958 to 1967 he was Opposition Leader; he lost the elections of 1961, 1964 and 1967 to the incumbent Liberal Premier Sir Henry Bolte.
Family Stoneham married Maisie Chesterfield in 1930.
His mother was the pioneer New Zealand unionist Ada Florence Whitehorn, and his father John Stoneham, a piano tuner.
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Who was Clive Stoneham?
Australian politician
When was Clive Stoneham born?
Clive Stoneham was born on 12 April 1909 in Maryborough.
When did Clive Stoneham die?
Clive Stoneham died on 3 July 1992.
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Clive Stoneham was a politician.
What nationality was Clive Stoneham?
Clive Stoneham was Australian.
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