Milton Jarvie

Deceased Person

1891 – 1965

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Who was Milton Jarvie?

Milton Livingstone Fredericks Jarvie MC ED was an Australian politician.

He was born at Pyramul south of Mudgee to schoolteacher John Rose Shaw Jarvie and Jean Wade, née Fredericks. He attended Enmore High School and the University of Sydney, receiving a Diploma of Economics. Around 1914 he married Geraldine James. From 1915 to 1920 he served in the Australian Imperial Force's Provost Corps, rising to the rank of major. During the war he received the Military Cross and the Efficiency Decoration. After the war he became a business manager and an executive officer with the British Australasian Tobacco Company. In 1925 he was elected to Marrickville Council, on which he served until 1927.

In 1925 Jarvie was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the Nationalist members for Western Suburbs. When single-member districts were re-introduced in 1927 he represented Ashfield, holding the seat until 1935, when he lost United Australia Party preselection. Jarvie contested the election unsuccessfully as an independent. From 1937 he was an executive officer with the Sound Proof Company, and during World War II he served as war area officer for Southern New South Wales.

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Born
Jul 12, 1891
Education
  • University of Sydney
Died
1965

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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