Bill Templeton
Thomas William Templeton OAM (23 December 1927 – 20 May 2005) was an Australian politician.
Templeton was born in Hamilton to Donald Polson Templeton and Thelma Edith Nellie Nunn. He was a pharmaceutical chemist, and owned a business at Mordialloc from 1955 to 1977. A founding member and secretary of the local Young Liberal Party in 1946, he served on Mordialloc City Council from 1964 to 1971, including a period as mayor from 1968 to 1969.[1]
In 1967 Templeton was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Mentone.[2] He was appointed party whip in 1979 and served until his defeat in 1985.[1] On Australia Day 1987 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to parliament and the community. Templeton died in 2006.
References
- 1 2 "Templeton, (Thomas) William". Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "William Templeton". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- 1927 births
- 2005 deaths
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- People from Hamilton, Victoria
- Victoria (state) local councillors
- Australian Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Victoria stubs