Victor Doney

Victor Doney (25 December 1881 – 12 October 1961) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1928 to 1956. He served as a minister in the government of Sir Ross McLarty.

The Honourable Victor Doney
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 7 November 1928 – 3 March 1950
Preceded by	Bertie Johnston
Succeeded by	None (abolished)
Constituency	Williams-Narrogin
In office 3 March 1950 – 7 April 1956
Preceded by	None (new seat)
Succeeded by	William Manning
Constituency	Narrogin
Minister for Local Government
In office 6 April 1950 – 23 February 1953
Premier	Ross McLarty
Preceded by	David Brand
Succeeded by	Gilbert Fraser
Minister for Native Affairs
In office 6 April 1950 – 23 February 1953
Premier	Ross McLarty
Preceded by	Hubert Parker
Succeeded by	Bill Hegney
Minister for Works
In office 1 April 1947 – 6 April 1950
Premier	Ross McLarty
Preceded by	Albert Hawke
Succeeded by	David Brand
Minister for Water Supply
In office 1 April 1947 – 6 April 1950
Premier	Ross McLarty
Preceded by	Albert Hawke
Succeeded by	David Brand
Personal details
Born	25 December 1881 Lerryn, Cornwall, England
Died	12 October 1961 (aged 79) Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Country
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Mary Beech (m. 1920)
Children	3

Doney was born in Lerryn, Cornwall, England, to Rebecca (née Yeo) and Frank Doney. He came to Western Australia in 1912, and settled on a farm at Mullewa. Doney was elected to the Mullewa Road Board in 1914, and served as chairman for a period, but the following year enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 28th Battalion, and in July 1916 was wounded in action. Doney returned to Australia after being discharged in June 1919, and worked as a property inspector for the Agricultural Bank of Western Australia in Mullewa and Narrogin.[1] He entered parliament at a by-election in November 1928, winning the seat of Williams-Narrogin unopposed after the resignation of Bertie Johnston.[2]

After the 1947 state election, where a Liberal–Country coalition government, Doney was made Minister for Works and Minister for Water Supply in the new ministry formed by Ross McLarty.[1] His seat was abolished at the 1950 election, and he transferred to the new seat of Narrogin.[2] After that election, a ministerial reshuffle occurred, with Doney becoming Chief Secretary, Minister for Local Government, and Minister for Native Affairs. He remained in the ministry until the government's defeat at the 1953 election, and left parliament at the 1956 election. Doney died in Perth in October 1961, aged 79. He had married Dorothy Mary Beech in 1920, with whom he had three children.[1]

References

1. Victor Doney – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.