Robert Barbour | |
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30th & 49th Mayor of Hawthorn | |
In office 1894–1895 | |
Preceded by | Percy Joseph Russell |
Succeeded by | James Riddell |
In office 1913–1914 | |
Preceded by | John V. M. Wood |
Succeeded by | Edward Rigby |
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Hawthorn | |
In office 1 November 1900 –1 September 1902 | |
Preceded by | Robert Murray Smith |
Succeeded by | George Swinburne |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 March 1845 Glasgow,Scotland |
Died | 14 November 1914 69) Hawthorn,Victoria,Australia | (aged
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