Arthur Drakeford, Jr.

Arthur Harold Finch Drakeford (8 February 1904 – 13 June 1959) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Benalla to Arthur Drakeford and Ellen Warrington. He was a fitter and turner on the railways before an eye injury led to him becoming a clerk. Around 1934 he married Violet Amelia Heldon, with whom he had two sons. Like his father he was active in the Australian Labor Party, serving as president of the party's Essendon and West Coburg branches and secretary of the Pascoe Vale branch. In 1945 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Essendon, but he was defeated in 1947. He returned to the Assembly in 1955 as the member for Pascoe Vale; with that seat's abolition in 1958 he again contested Essendon, but was defeated. Drakeford died the following year in Carlton.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Drakeford, Arthur Harold Finch". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Samuel Merrifield		 Member for Essendon
1945–1947 		Succeeded by
Allen Bateman
New seat Member for Pascoe Vale
1955–1958 		Abolished
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