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Roy McLachlan

Australian politician (1901-1973)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ20983421 ↗
Source-derived summary

Roy McLachlan (24 December 1901 – 17 April 1973) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Victoria from 1947 to 1953 for the Liberal and Country League.

Editorial summary

“Roy McLachlan” enters the record as australian politician (1901-1973). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what McLachlan, Australian and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1901, 1973, 1947, 1953—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1901-12-24. Its strongest next move is a source search built around McLachlan, Australian and politician.
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Why this record matters

“Roy McLachlan” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, McLachlan, Australian and politician provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20983421. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1901, 1973, 1947 and 1953.

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This entry incorporates text from “Roy McLachlan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.