Albert Palmer (Australian politician)

Albert Palmer
Member of the Australian Parliament for Echuca
In office 12 December 1906 – 14 August 1919
Preceded by	James McColl
Succeeded by	William Hill
Personal details
Born	1859 Melbourne, Victoria
Died	14 August 1919 (aged 59–60)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–17) Nationalist (1917–19)
Occupation	Grazier

Albert Clayton Palmer (1859 – 14 August 1919) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he received a primary education before becoming a bank clerk and later a flour-miller and grazier. He sat on Euroa Shire Council and was the leader of the Kyabram Reform Movement, a conservative rural group that aimed to reduce the number of state parliamentarians. In 1906 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Echuca, defeating the sitting member for the abolished Moira, Thomas Kennedy, by just 32 votes. This election was voided by the courts, but Palmer won the subsequent by-election more comfortably. Palmer joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909 and the Nationalist Party in 1917, and held Echuca until his death in 1919.^[1]

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