Jonas Felix Australia Levien (28 March 1840 – 24 May 1906) was an Australian politician, a member of the

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from 1871 to 1877 and from 1880 until his death. Born in Williamstown,

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to Benjamin Goldsmith Levien and Eliza Lindo (who both arrived in the Colony of New South Wales from England in 1839), he attended

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before becoming a farmer at Drysdale. He served as a director for several companies, and his own was a major grower in the

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area. On 15 March 1871 he married Clara (née Levien) in

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, with whom he had four children. He was a Bellarine Shire Councillor from 1869 to 1975 and president from 1870 to 1872. In April 1871 Levien was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for South Grant; he transferred to Barwon in 1877 but was unseated in December of that year on the grounds that he had paid canvassers.http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1877assembly.txt He served as the member for Barwon again from 1880 to 1906. Levien was Minister of Mines and Agriculture from 8 March 1883 to 18 February 1886. He died in St Kilda on 24 May 1906.

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1840 births 1906 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Williamstown, Victoria People from the Colony of Victoria 19th-century Australian farmers Victoria (state) local councillors Politicians from Geelong 19th-century Australian politicians People educated at Geelong Grammar School Ministers for agriculture (Victoria) Ministers of mines (Victoria) {{Australia-politician-stub