Thomas Scholfield | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Wannon | |
In office 19 December 1931 –21 September 1940 | |
Preceded by | John McNeill |
Succeeded by | Don McLeod |
Personal details | |
Born | Telangatuk East,Victoria | 9 May 1894
Died | 25 June 1964 70) | (aged
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | United Australia Party |
Occupation | Farmer |
Thomas Hallett Scholfield,MC (9 May 1894 – 25 June 1964) was an Australian politician. He was a United Australia Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1940,representing the electorate of Wannon.
Scholfield was born in Talangatuk East,Victoria,where he attended state schools and became a farmer. He enlisted to serve in World War I in January 1915,fought with the 21st Battalion at Gallipoli and in France,and received the Military Medal and Military Cross,returning to Australia in June 1919. He subsequently became a soldier settler in the Balmoral area before acquiring a farm near Hamilton,and was a councillor and president of the Shire of Kowree. [1] [2]
He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1931 federal election,defeating Labor MP John McNeill. He had campaigned on a platform of addressing the needs of primary producers. [1] [2] [3] He held the seat until his defeat by Labor candidate Don McLeod at the 1940 election. [4] He unsuccessfully recontested the seat as an independent in 1943. [5]
During World War II,Scholfield served as deputy-assistant quartermaster general in the Volunteer Defence Corps. [6]
Following World War II,Scholfield moved to New South Wales and assumed a prominent role as organising secretary of the New England New State Movement. [7]
Scholfield died in 1964. [8]
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