Frank (Francis) Stuart (21 May 1844 – 16 October 1910)Francis Stuart, ''Merchant in Marvellous Melbourne: Frank Stuart'' (Melbourne, 2002) was an Australian politician, a member of the

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and the

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. Stuart was born at

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. Going to Victoria, he was for fifteen years in the employ of L. Stevenson & Sons, of

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, and then became managing partner in the firm of Lincoln, Stuart & Co. Mr. Stuart, who was president of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures in 1885–6, was elected to the Assembly for

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in 1889, and accepted a seat in the Munro Ministry as a member of the Cabinet without portfolio in November 1890. In April 1891 he resigned office. In June 1904 Stuart was elected as one of the inaugural members for

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in the Victorian Legislative Council, a seat he held until 1907.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Frank 1844 births 1910 deaths People from the Colony of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Members of the Victorian Legislative Council