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Robert George McCutcheon

1841 – 1918

Australian printer and politician

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Lived 1841 – 1918 (aged 76–77). Robert George McCutcheon was a politician.

Robert George McCutcheon (1841 – 20 October 1918) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Omagh to John McCutcheon and Margaret Bothwell. His family migrated to Victoria around 1858. McCutcheon spent a year in Calcutta working as a printer before becoming a journalist in Ballarat and Port Fairy. On 13 December 1867, he married Mary Ebblewhite, who was later associated with the Australian Women's National League they had eight children.

In 1873 he moved to Melbourne to take over his brother's position in the printing firm Mason Firth & McCutcheon which he owned outright from 1878. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for St Kilda. Although a Liberal he opposed the government of Thomas Bent in 1908. He served as a minister without portfolio from 1915 to 1916, when he resigned. He retired from politics in 1917.

McCutcheon died in St Kilda in 1918.

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Born
1841
Birth century
Died
1918
Occupation
Positions held
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Also known as
Robert McCutcheon

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Australian printer and politician

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Robert George McCutcheon died in 1918.

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Robert George McCutcheon was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Robert George McCutcheon

· Wikidata: Q21537465

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