Robert Holt (politician)

Robert Wilfred Holt (9 June 1913 – 1 May 1985)[1] was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and, later, of the Parliament of Australia.

In 1945, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Portland.

He was Minister for Lands and Social Settlement from 1952–53, in the government of John Cain (Senior).

[2] In 1955, Holt transferred to federal politics, winning the Australian House of Representatives seat of Darebin.

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