Sydney Sampson

Sydney Sampson
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wimmera
In office 12 December 1906 – 13 December 1919
Preceded by	Pharez Phillips
Succeeded by	Percy Stewart
Personal details
Born	1863 Creswick, Victoria
Died	24 March 1948 (aged 84–85)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Ind Protectionist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–17) Nationalist (1917–19)
Relations	Robert Menzies (nephew)
Occupation	Farmer

Sydney Sampson (1863 – 24 March 1948) was an Australian politician.

Biography

Born in Creswick, Victoria, he was educated there and became a journalist with the country papers. Moving to Warracknabeal in 1883, he became a farmer and newspaper proprietor. Sampson's nephew was the future Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Wimmera; although endorsed by the Anti-Socialist Party, he campaigned as an independent Protectionist, and sat in the House as such. In 1909, he joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party that was formed from the fusion of the Protectionists and the Anti-Socialists. In 1917 the Liberal Party merged with Labor defectors to form the Nationalist Party. Sampson held his seat until 1919, when he was defeated by a Country Party candidate. He retired from politics to become a company director and newspaper owner, and died in 1948.^[1]

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