The Honourable Sir Murray William James Bourchier

Victorian minister
Born
4 April 1881, Pootilla, Victoria
Died
16 December 1937, London, England
Sex
Male
Father
Edward Bourchier (farmer)
Mother
Francis Cope
Married Minona Francis Madden (daughter of The Hon Sir Frank Madden [qv]); father of Murray Goulburn Madden Bourchier (diplomat)

Parliamentary service

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Member of the Executive Council of Victoria

Career

  • Vic Farmers' Union.
  • Country Party.
  • United Aust Party.
  • Pastoralist.
  • Agent-Gen of Vic in London 1936-37.
  • Knight bachelor 1938 (posthumous).

Military service

  • First World War: Lieutenant-Colonel 1st AIF (DSO 1917, CMG 1919, MID). After the First World War: Brigadier CMF.

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