Percival Pennell Inchbold (28 January 1884 – 8 July 1953) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to farmer John Inchbold and Mary Ann Burgess. He and his brother had a farm at

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, and during

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he served in the 22nd Battalion and was wounded more than once. He returned to farm at Yarrawonga and Peechelba. On 2 June 1925 he married Helen Mary Livermore, with whom he had a son. In 1927 he moved to

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, where he was a farmer and closely involved in the agricultural community. He had served on Yarrawonga Shire Council from 1921 to 1933 (president 1921–23) and served on Wangaratta Borough Council from 1927 to 1936 (mayor 1933–34). In 1935 he was elected to the

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as a Country Party member for North Eastern Province. From 1938 to 1943 he was a member of

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's breakaway

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. He was

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from 1950 to 1952. Inchbold died at Wangaratta in 1953.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Inchbold, Percival 1884 births 1953 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Ministers for education (Victoria)