Attorney-General of Victoria & Solicitor-General of Victoria
In office 20 November 1947 – 27 June 1950
Preceded by
Bill Slater
Succeeded by
Thomas Mitchell
Personal details
Born
Trevor Donald Oldham
(1900-03-10)10 March 1900 St Kilda, Victoria
Died
2 May 1953(1953-05-02) (aged 53) Jangipara, West Bengal, India
Political party
United Australia Party Liberal Party Liberal and Country Party
Spouse
Kathleen Cooch (m. 1929)
Alma mater
University of Melbourne
Profession
Solicitor
Trevor Donald Oldham (10 March 1900 – 2 May 1953) was an Australian politician, who was the leader of the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria from 1952 until his death in 1953. The eldest of three sons born to Arthur and Ethel Oldham, he was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He had enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 November 1918, four days before the Armistice.
He married Kathleen Cooch in 1929.[1]
^Wright, R. "Oldham, Trevor Donald (1900–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
Trevor Donald Oldham (10 March 1900 – 2 May 1953) was an Australian politician, who was the leader of the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria from 1952...
government led by McDonald. In December 1951, Hollway and his deputy TrevorOldham were replaced by Les Norman and Henry Bolte, as party leader and deputy...
lose his seat to Hollway in 1952, and be replaced as leader by TrevorOldham. When Oldham was killed on BOAC Flight 783 in May 1953, Bolte succeeded him...
Filipino nationalities. Among the victims were Australian politician TrevorOldham and his wife. The subsequent investigation found that, after encountering...
December 1948) Wilfrid Kent Hughes (3 December 1948 to 28 October 1949) TrevorOldham (from 28 October 1949) No. of ministers 15 Member party Liberal–Country...
Kent Hughes Korong Country Ernest Duus Albert Dunstan Malvern Liberal TrevorOldham Mascotte Brown (Ind) Andrew Sinclair (Ind Lib) Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes...
government 37 / 65 Opposition party Liberal and Country Opposition leader TrevorOldham (until 2 May 1953) Henry Bolte (from 3 June 1953) History Election 1952...
other party affiliations indicated in brackets. Boroondara Liberal MLA TrevorOldham contested Malvern. Bulla and Dalhousie Country MLA Leslie Webster contested...
Transport Minister of Mines Country George Tuckett, MLC Ministers without Portfolio Country TrevorOldham, MLA United Australia Gilbert Chandler, MLC...
office 27 June 1950 – 28 October 1952 Premier John McDonald Preceded by TrevorOldham Succeeded by Alexander Dennett In office 31 October 1952 – 17 December...
William Leggatt MP Liberal 8 December 1948 19 June 1950 1 year, 193 days TrevorOldham MP Liberal 19 June 1950 27 June 1950 8 days Keith Dodgshun MP Country...
Keith Turnbull Frank Coghill Wallace Lunn Malvern LCP Francis Gaffy TrevorOldham Roy Schilling Mascotte Brown (Ind) Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes Mentone...
irrespective of the party." In addition, both Mr William Galvin and Mr TrevorOldham gave glowing tributes to Mrs Brownbill It was nearly 20 years before...
Country Party, TrevorOldham, had died on 2 May 1953 in a plane crash on his way to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Oldham's deputy, Henry...
Mitchell Roy Paton Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook Albert Staples Boroondara UAP TrevorOldham Brighton UAP Ian Macfarlan Edmund Herring (Ind) Brunswick Labor James...
Robert Wilfred Holt, Minister for Lands in the Cain government 1952–54 TrevorOldham, former Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, serving as Deputy...
branch of the United Australia Party, and was a campaign manager for TrevorOldham and Robert Menzies. On 7 August 1948, Cameron was elected to the Victorian...
Paton Francis Andrews (Ind) Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook Boroondara UAP TrevorOldham Lila Monsbourgh (Ind) Brighton Independent Robert Gault Ian Macfarlan...
Country Tom Mitchell Roy Paton Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook Boroondara UAP TrevorOldham Brighton UAP Ian Macfarlan Gerald O'Day (CPA) Brunswick Labor James...
Benambra Country Roy Paton Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook Boroondara UAP TrevorOldham Reuben Kefford (Ind) Brighton UAP Robert Breen Ian Macfarlan* (Ind)...
Jack McLean Keith Turnbull James Matheson Malvern LCP Alexander Cahill TrevorOldham Mascotte Brown (Ind) Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes John Eddy Mentone LCP...
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