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Nelson Lemmon was born on 22 March, 1908 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian politician. Discover Nelson Lemmon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation Farmer
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 22 March 1908
Birthday 22 March
Birthplace Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 1989
Died Place Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1904

Lemmon was born at Williamstown, Victoria, the son of John Lemmon, Australian Labor Party politician and Australian Labor Party member for Williamstown in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1955.

1908

Nelson Lemmon (22 March 1908 – 20 March 1989) was an Australian politician.

1930

He was educated at Williamstown State School and Longerenong Agricultural College, but subsequently moved to Ongerup, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, to take up farming, and married Ada Mary Jackel in 1930.

Lemmon was later elected chairman of the Gnowangerup Road Board, becoming the youngest road board chairman in the state.

He also served as a "prominent member" of the Wheatgrowers' Union.

1935

Running as an unendorsed Country Party candidate, Lemmon unsuccessfully contested the seat of Katanning in the Legislative Assembly at both a 1935 by-election and the 1936 state election.

Lemmon was defeated by Arthur Watts, a future deputy premier, on both occasions, at the by-election losing by only 43 votes after five rounds of counting.

1943

Remaining involved in politics, although switching to the Labor Party, Lemmon won the House of Representatives seat of Forrest at the 1943 election.

He defeated longtime Country member John Prowse on a swing of almost 14 percent as part of that year's massive Labor landslide.

Notably, he won almost 53 percent of the primary vote, enough to take the seat off the Country Party without the need for preferences.

1946

He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as Minister for Works and Housing (1946–1949) in the Chifley government.

He played a key role in establishing the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

He was Minister for Works and Housing in Ben Chifley's November 1946 ministry.

In that role, he was responsible for the commencement of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a complex of dams, power stations and tunnels in southern New South Wales to produce hydroelectric power and divert water for irrigation to inland areas along the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers.

He chose William Hudson as Commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority and refused to follow the normal procedure of putting forward three alternatives to cabinet.

Lemmon was also responsible for commencing a substantial program of construction of houses for ex-servicemen returned from World War II.

1949

Lemmon's tenure in cabinet ended with his defeat at the 1949 election, in which he lost to Liberal Gordon Freeth despite being well ahead on the primary vote.

However, on the third count, preferences from Country Party candidate and war hero Arnold Potts flowed overwhelmingly to Freeth, allowing Freeth to defeat Lemmon from third place on the primary vote.

1954

At the 1954 election he won the New South Wales seat of St George from Bill Graham and there was press speculation that he would run for Labor leadership.

However, the Labor Party split in 1954 and Nelson lost to Graham at the 1955 election.

He was one of only a small number of people who have represented more than one state or territory in the Parliament.

Lemmon returned to being a horse trainer and breeder in Robertson, New South Wales.

1989

He died on 20 March 1989, at Port Macquarie, NSW, the last surviving member of the Chifley Cabinet.

He was survived by his wife and a son and a daughter.