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Sir Robert Wallace Best. Solicitor and policitian who was an elected representative in local, state and federal politics. Alderman on Fitzroy City Council from 1883-97 then Mayor from 1888-89. Entered Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1889 where he held a number of senior posts. An ardent advocate of federation he was elected as a Protectionist to the Senate in 1901. He was Minister for Trade and Customs from 1909-1910. He entered the House of Representatives as a Liberal in 1910 for the seat of Kooyong, and then as a Nationalist from 1917 until defeated in 1922.
Presents the Institute with a design by Sir William Chambers for a panelled ceiling at Buckingham House, London.
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