Roland Green (Australian politician)

Roland Green
Member of the Australian Parliament for Richmond
In office 16 December 1922 – 23 October 1937
Preceded by	Walter Massy-Greene
Succeeded by	Larry Anthony
Personal details
Born	29 October 1885
Died	27 April 1947 (aged 61)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Country Party

Roland Frederick Herbert Green (29 October 1885 – 27 April 1947) was an Australian politician. He attended Sydney Boys High School ^[1] and served in the 6th Battalion AIF in the First World War, until losing a leg at the Battle of Menin Road in Belgium, in September 1917.^[2]

To general surprise, Green won the House of Representatives seat of Richmond for the Country Party at the December 1922 election, defeating the sitting member and government minister Walter Massy-Greene. Green used an ingenious punning campaign slogan: "Vote for the Green without an E" (i.e. "a knee"). Lack of an E in his name also gave him precedence on the ballot paper over Massy-Greene (who had not adopted a hyphenated surname at that time).^[3]

He remained the member for Richmond until his defeat at the 1937 election by Larry Anthony (senior), another Country Party candidate.^[4]

Notes

1. "Members of Parliament and Legislatures" (PDF). Sydney Boys High School Old Boys Union. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
2. "Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war" (PDF). Parliamentary Library. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
3. Lloyd, C.J. "Massy-Greene, Sir Walter (1874–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
4. "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2007-10-20.