19 Facts About Agar Wynne

Agar Wynne was an Australian lawyer and politician.

Agar Wynne began his career in the Victorian Legislative Council and served two terms as Solicitor-General of Victoria.

Agar Wynne was Postmaster-General of Australia in the Cook Government from 1913 to 1914, but retired from federal politics at the 1914 election.

Agar Wynne re-entered Victorian politics and briefly served as Attorney-General of Victoria.

Agar Wynne educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and enrolled in an articled clerk's course at the University of Melbourne and was admitted as an attorney in July 1874.

Agar Wynne married Mary Jane Robertson, nee Smith, a widow with two children in November 1886.

Agar Wynne died in 1889 and in February 1896 he married Annie Dudgeon, nee Samuel, a widow with three children.

In 1888, Agar Wynne won the seat of Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council which he held until 1903 and was Postmaster-General and Solicitor-General from 1893 to 1894 in Sir James Patterson's government and Solicitor-General from 1900 to 1902 in Sir George Turner's and Sir Alexander Peacock's governments.

Agar Wynne won the seat of Balaclava at the 1906 elections in the Australian House of Representatives as an Independent Protectionist.

Agar Wynne joined the Fusion government and served as Postmaster-General in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to its fall in September 1914, but he did not contest the 1914 elections, apparently because he could not reorganise his department to run on efficient business principles.

Agar Wynne returned to Victorian politics in 1917, winning the state seat of St Kilda and was Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Minister of Railways and a Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from November 1917 to March 1918 in Sir John Bowser's government.

In 1910, Agar Wynne acquired Nerrin Nerrin, a 7,927-acre property near Streatham, Victoria.

Agar Wynne ran merino sheep, raised Thoroughbred horses and created a wildlife sanctuary.

Agar Wynne had pastoral interests elsewhere in Victoria and in Queensland.

Agar Wynne was a committee member of the Victoria Racing Club from 1905.

Agar Wynne won the Australian Cup twice, with Great Scot in 1903 and Peru in 1908.

Agar Wynne served terms as president of the Melbourne Swimming Club, the St Kilda Yacht Club, the Melbourne Club, and the Athenaeum Club.

Agar Wynne suffered a series of strokes late in life and died at Nerrin Nerrin on 12 May 1934, aged 83.

Agar Wynne was survived by the daughter of his first marriage.