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Australian politician
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Male
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Death:
16 October 1940
The details
Biography
Introduction
Robert Patten (1859 – 17 September 1940) was an English-born Australian politician.
Life
Born in London, Patten migrated to Australia as a youth, and from 1883 was a teacher in rural New South Wales. In 1896 he became a farmer with a property near Wellington, and was President of the Farmers and Settlers Association from 1908-13. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1908-10. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a member of the Commonwealth Liberal Party, defeating former New South Wales Premier William Lyne, running as an independent, for the seat of Hume. He held the seat until he retired in 1917. He returned to England and died in 1940.