The Hon. Sir Ransley Victor Garland KBE (born 5 May 1934), usually known as Victor Garland or Vic Garland, is an Australian former politician, Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and director of many UK and US public companies. A Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, he represented the Division of Curtin in Western Australia from April 1969 to January 1981. He was subsequently a high-ranking diplomat.
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The Hon. Sir Ransley Victor Garland KBE (born 5 May 1934), usually known as Victor Garland or Vic Garland, is an Australian former politician, Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and director of many UK and US public companies. A Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, he represented the Division of Curtin in Western Australia from April 1969 to January 1981. He was subsequently a high-ranking diplomat.
Born in Western Australia and raised in Perth, Garland was educated at Hale School and the University of Western Australia, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics. He became a Chartered Accountant like his father, and became involved in community affairs and served on the Town of Claremont council. As Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Western Australian, he was elected to the House of Representatives in a by-election for the Curtin electorate, following the resignation of Sir Paul Hasluck in 1969 to become Governor...
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