Francis Old

Francis Edward Old (24 November 1875 – 19 May 1950) was an Australian politician.

He was born in

, but from 1919 he returned to Swan Hill while retaining the New South Wales property.

He had been involved with the

Country Party on its formation and was Minister of Agriculture and Railways from 1923 to 1924 and Minister of Water Supply and Electrical Undertakings from 1935 to 1943; he was also Deputy Premier from 1936 to 1937.^{[citation needed}

]

He was the Country Party's deputy leader twice, first from 1922 to 1924 and secondly from 1936 to 1937. Old was defeated in 1945 and died at Swan Hill in 1950.[2]

References

^ "Death of Mr. F. E. Old at Swan Hill". The Age. No. 29660. Victoria, Australia. 20 May 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Old, Francis Edward". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Percy Stewart	Member for Swan Hill 1919–1945	Succeeded by John Hipworth

[death-1] "Death of Mr. F. E. Old at Swan Hill". The Age. No. 29660. Victoria, Australia. 20 May 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[vic-2] Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Old, Francis Edward". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 January 2016.