Owen Glyndwr Jenkins (8 April 1927 – 21 August 2014) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to soldier settler Frederick John Jenkins and Doris Lewis. He was educated at Red Cliffs and then at Condamine and

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qualifying as an accountant.http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/daily-hansard/Assembly_2014/Assembly_Daily_Extract_Tuesday_2_September_2014_from_Book_12.pdf From 1945 to 1946 he was a sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force. After the war he worked as a chartered accountant in

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. From 1966 to 1971 he served on

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. In 1970 he was elected to the

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for South Western, serving until 1976 when he transferred to

; he was a member of the

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and served as whip from 1973 to 1979, parliamentary secretary to cabinet from 1979 to 1981, and Minister of

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from 1981 to 1982. He lost his seat in 1982 and returned to chartered accountancy. Jenkins died in 2014 at Geelong.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Glyn 1927 births 2014 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council People educated at Toowoomba State High School Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Ministers for water (Victoria)