Robert Max Gillett (23 July 1927 – 24 October 2011) was an Australian politician. He was born in

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

, the son of farmer R. A. Gillett. He attended Geelong College and became a small business owner. In 1956 he became a farmer, and on 18 February 1956 he married Elizabeth Margot Simmons, with whom he had four children. In 1958 he was elected to the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...

as the

Liberal and Country Party The Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), branded as Liberal Victoria, and commonly known as the Victorian Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1949 as the Liberal and Count ...

member for Geelong West. He served until his defeat in 1964. Gillett returned to farming after politics and died in Geelong in 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillett, Robert 1927 births 2011 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly