Allen Robert Bateman (21 February 1904 – 12 August 1994) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Launceston, Victoria, to carpenter Arthur Bateman and Ada Helen Alexander, he attended Napier St State School in
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before becoming a carpenter and grocery owner. On 18 September 1926 he married Violet Muriel Rogers, with whom he had two sons. From 1940 to 1945 he served in the
Australian Imperial Force. He was elected to
Coburg City Council in 1939 and served until 1952, including a period as mayor from 1946 to 1947. He was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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as the
Liberal
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*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
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**Essendon railway station
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in 1947, but was defeated in 1950; he went on to serve as assistant general secretary of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1951 until 1971.
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1904 births
1994 deaths
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Australian Army personnel of World War II
20th-century Australian politicians
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