Mervyn Lee
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Lalor
In office
26 November 1966  25 October 1969
Preceded byReg Pollard
Succeeded byJim Cairns
Personal details
Born(1920-08-18)18 August 1920
Broadford, Victoria
Died13 December 2009(2009-12-13) (aged 89)
Kilmore, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
OccupationDrapery and hardware merchant

Mervyn William Lee (18 August 1920 – 13 December 2009) was an Australian politician who served as the Liberal member for Lalor from 1966 to 1969. He died in December 2009 at the age of 89.[1]

Early life and war service

Born in Broadford, Victoria in August 1920, he was educated at Kingswood College in Melbourne before becoming a Commonwealth public servant. After serving in the Royal Australian Navy in World War II 1941–46, he became a drapery and hardware merchant. He played Australian rules football for Acton in the Canberra Australian National Football League and while captain of Acton in 1947 won the Mulrooney Medal.[2]

Political career

In 1966, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Lalor, defeating long-serving Labor member Reg Pollard. He held the seat until 1969, when a redistribution erased his majority and gave Labor a notional six-percent majority. Believing this made Lalor impossible to hold, Lee unsuccessfully contested the nearby seat of Bendigo.[3]

References

  1. Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 January 2019
  2. "MP was noted Rules player". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 December 1966. p. 44. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.


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