Hector Lamond (31 October 1865 – 26 April 1947) was an Australian politician. He was a Nationalist Party member of the

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from 1917 to 1922, representing the electorate of

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Early life and career

Lamond was born at Broughton Creek, near

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and educated at public schools. He was apprenticed as a printer to the ''

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'' when he was 14 and was its editor at 25. He was involved in the establishment of the

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between 1895 and 1900. In 1902, he married Gwynetha, the daughter of

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president,

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. From 1905 to 1916, he was editor and manager of the

's ''

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''. During

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, he came to be opposed to labor radicalism, and in particular to the

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. He became a strong supporter of

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, and followed him out of Labor and into the new Nationalist Party in the 1916 Labor split. As a supporter of conscription, he was obliged to resign from ''the Australian Worker''. Lamond made a succession of unsuccessful Labor candidacies between 1896 and 1914, for the

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for

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at the 1894 election, 1896 by-election and 1898 election, and at the 1904 election for Goulburn, then for the

seat of

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at the

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and 1914 elections.

Political career

He won the seat of

as a

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at the 1917 election, and was appointed assistant minister for repatriation in December 1921. The seat of Illawarra was abolished before the 1922 election and he stood unsuccessfully for Barton.

Later life

In 1923 Lamond bought ''

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'' and three other rural newspapers, which he edited and published in Bowral. He died at Bowral, survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamond, Hector Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Australian journalists Australian newspaper publishers (people) Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Illawarra Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Cabinet of Australia 1865 births 1947 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians