Gordon Wilkins was an Australian politician.

Born in Mudgee

Mudgee, New South Wales

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 to farmer Abel Wilkins and his wife, he attended Wellington

Wellington, New South Wales

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 Public School and joined the postal service. He subsequently joined his father as a stock and station agent and auctioneer before becoming a farmer and grazier. After serving as a lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in the France

France

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 with the Australian Imperial Force

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 from 1915 to 1918, where he lost a leg, he was the first president of the Wellington Returned Servicemen's League

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. On 25 September 1925 he married Margery Thomas, with whom he had a son. In 1932 he won the seat of Bathurst in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 with joint endorsement from the United Australia Party

United Australia Party

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 and the Country Party; he sat with the Country Party in parliament, but condemned it for failing to tackle rural indebtedness. Wilkins lost his seat in 1935 and died at Wellington in 1938.