About Roy Paton
Lived 1882 – 1947 (aged 64). Roy Paton was an Australian politician.
James Roy Paton (23 November 1882 – 25 April 1947) was an Australian politician.
Paton was born in Yabba, Victoria to grazier Archibald Paton and Ruth McMeekin. He attended Brighton Grammar School and then worked on the family property. On 30 April 1923 he married Isobel Mary McMeekin, with whom he had two children. He then moved to farm at Tallangatta, and from 1923 to 1947 served on Towong Shire Council, with two terms as president from 1929 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1933. He was the founding president of the Country Party's Tallangatta branch.
In October 1932 Paton won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra.
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Australian politician
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Roy Paton was born on 23 November 1882.
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Roy Paton died on 25 April 1947.
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Roy Paton was a politician.
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Roy Paton was Australian.
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