66:. He was active in dairy and pastoral causes, serving as president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society, president of the Camperdown Pastoral and Agricultural Society, chairman of the Camperdown Glenormiston Dairy Company, the Western District Cooperative Company and the Co-operative Insurance Company of Australia, and as chief dairy cattle steward for the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria.
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permanent, tariff protection for farmers, more freedom for private enterprise, and reiterated his continuing advocacy for a water supply scheme for the
Western District. He was defeated by former member Bailey, who had stood as a Country Party candidate, making McGarvie one of only two sitting United Australia Party MPs to lose at that election.
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government, stated that he would "continue to exercise his freedom of thought on vital public questions". During his campaign, he raised issues about the state of public buildings in rural areas, suggested their renovation could be used as unemployment relief, and argued for temporary, rather than
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22:(13 March 1891 – 5 October 1969) was an Australian politician. He was a
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