Alexander Poynton
Alexander Poynton OBE (8 August 1853 – 9 January 1935) was an Australian politician. He held ministerial office under Prime Minister Billy Hughes, serving as Treasurer (1916–1917), Minister for Home and Territories (1920–1921), and Postmaster-General (1921–1923).
The Honourable Alexander Poynton OBE | |
|---|---|
| Postmaster-General of Australia | |
| In office 21 December 1921 – 5 February 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | George Wise |
| Succeeded by | William Gibson |
| Minister for Home and Territories | |
| In office 3 February 1920 – 21 December 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Paddy Glynn |
| Succeeded by | George Pearce |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
| In office 14 November 1916 – 16 February 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | William Higgs |
| Succeeded by | John Forrest |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Grey | |
| In office 16 December 1903 – 16 December 1922 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Lacey |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for South Australia | |
| In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 Serving with Lee Batchelor, Langdon Bonython, Paddy Glynn, Frederick Holder, Charles Kingston, Vaiben Louis Solomon | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1853 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 9 January 1935 (aged 81) Toorak Gardens, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Ind. Labor (1893–1901) Free Trade (1901–04) Labor (1904–16) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–22) |
| Spouse | Harriet Brown |
| Occupation | Shearer, miner |
Poynton was a shearer and union leader before entering politics. He served in the South Australian House of Assembly (1893–1901) as a supporter of the labour movement before winning election to the House of Representatives at the 1901 federal election. Following the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 he followed Hughes into the Nationalist Party. He lost his seat at the 1922 election.
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