Geoffry Hurry was an Australia

Australia

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n politician. Born in Kyneton, Victoria

Kyneton, Victoria

Kyneton is a town on the Calder Highway in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. The town was named after the English village of Kineton, Warwickshire. The town has three main streets: Mollison Street, Piper Street and High Street...

, he attended Melbourne Grammar School

Melbourne Grammar School

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 before becoming a solicitor. He served on Kyneton Shire Council

Shire of Kyneton

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 before undergoing military service from 1915 to 1920. In 1922, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Nationalist

Nationalist Party of Australia

The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...

 member for Bendigo

Division of Bendigo

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, succeeding Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Australia

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 Billy Hughes

Billy Hughes

William Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....

, who transferred to North Sydney

Division of North Sydney

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, and defeating Edmund Jowett

Edmund Jowett

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, the Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 member for the abolished seat of Grampians

Division of Grampians

The Division of Grampians was anAustralian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1922. It was named for the Grampian Ranges in central Victoria, and included the towns of...

. Hurry held the seat until his defeat in 1929, after which he became a lawyer. He died in 1951.