Agar Wynne

Agar Wynne
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office
24 June 1913 – 17 September 1914
Prime MinisterJoseph Cook
Preceded byCharlie Frazer
Succeeded byWilliam Spence
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Balaclava
In office
12 December 1906 – 30 July 1914
Preceded byGeorge Turner
Succeeded byWilliam Watt
Personal details
Born(1850-07-15)15 July 1850
London, England
Died12 May 1934(1934-05-12) (aged 83)
Streatham, Victoria, Australia
Political partyInd Protectionist (1906–09)
Liberal (1909–14)
Spouses
Mary Jane Robertson
(m. 1886⁠–⁠1889)
Annie Dudgeon
(m. 1896)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationAttorney

Agar Wynne (15 July 1850 – 12 May 1934) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He began his career in the Victorian Legislative Council and served two terms as Solicitor-General of Victoria. In 1906, he transferred to the federal House of Representatives. He was Postmaster-General of Australia in the Cook Government from 1913 to 1914, but retired from federal politics at the 1914 election. He re-entered Victorian politics and briefly served as Attorney-General of Victoria (1917–1918).


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