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Arnold Wienholt (25 November 1877 – 10 September 1940) was an Australian grazier, author and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
Arnold Wienholt | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Moreton | |
In office 13 December 1919 – 6 November 1922 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Sinclair |
Succeeded by | Josiah Francis |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern | |
In office 2 October 1909 – 28 March 1913 | |
Preceded by | Charles Moffatt Jenkinson |
Succeeded by | Ernest Bell |
In office 28 June 1930 – 11 May 1935 | |
Preceded by | Ernest Bell |
Succeeded by | Adolf Muller |
Personal details | |
Born | Goomburra, Queensland | 25 November 1877
Died | 10 September 1940 62) Abyssinia | (aged
Cause of death | Killed in action |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Nationalist Party of Australia, Ministerial |
Spouse | Enid Frances Sydney Jones |
Relations | Edward Wienholt (father) |
Occupation | Grazier, soldier, author |
Arnold Wienholt was born on 25 November 1877 at Goomburra, Queensland, the son of Edward Wienholt (a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly) and his wife Ellen (née Williams).[1] He was educated in England at Wixenford School and Eton College[2] before returning to Australia as a grazier on the Darling Downs.
He served in the military 1899–1902 and 1914–1916, and was a published author.
In 1909, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Fassifern, where he remained until 1913.[3] In 1919, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Nationalist member for Moreton; he was also endorsed by the Primary Producers Union, effectively the Queensland state Country Party. Although sympathetic to the Country Party, formed in 1920, he remained a Nationalist, although the Country Party often received his support. He retired in 1922. In 1930 he returned to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern, where he remained until 1935.[3]
Wienholt rejoined the military in 1939, at the start of World War II. He was killed in action in Abyssinia on 10 September 1940[4] and is memorialised at the Khartoum Memorial.[5]
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