Roy Stanley Vincent (6 February 1892 – 5 June 1965) was an Australian politician and a member of the

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from 1922 until 1953. He was a member of the "True Blue" faction of the Progressive Party until it became the Country Party in 1927. He was the party's Deputy Leader and Whip between 1950 and 1953. He held ministerial rank as the Secretary of Mines and Minister for Forests between 1932 and 1941.

Early life

Vincent was born at

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and was the son of a newspaper editor. He was educated at Uralla and became a newspaper reporter but eventually edited and owned the Don Dorrigo Gazette in Dorrigo. He became active in community organizations including the

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, the

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and the Aboriginal Protection Board. Vincent served in the

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during World War One and was severely wounded and gassed in France.

State Parliament

Vincent was elected to the parliament as a Progressive Party member for in the multi-member seat of Oxley at the 1922 election. He defeated the sitting member and his Progressive Party colleague

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. He moved to the seat of Raleigh as a member of the Country Party when New South Wales reverted to single member electorates at the

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election. He retained this seat for the next eight elections and retired at the 1953 election.

Government

The state election of 1932 saw the landslide defeat of Labor and the formation of a conservative coalition government by Bertram Stevens. Vincent was the

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and

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throughout the premiership of Stevens and his successor Alexander Mair whose government was defeated at the 1941 election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Roy 1892 births 1965 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians