GARLAND, RANSLEY VICTOR CR.

1964 - 1968
Overview

2 x B/W portrait photographic prints of a young Sir Ransley Victor Garland. a) Image shows a young clean shaven man, smiling, with curly slicked back dark hair. He wis wearing a grey? Checked suit jacket with a white collared shirt and striped tie. Printed beneath [ GARLAND 1964-65]. b)Image is similar to a) showing Garland wearing a dark jacket, white collared shirt and b/w spotted tie. Printed beneath [ GARLAND 1967-68].

Historical information

Sir Ransley Victor Garland KBE attended Hale School and the University of Western Australia. He was a chartered accountant.

He married Lynette Jamieson in 1960.

Garland served as a South Ward Councillor for the Town of Claremont between 1964 and 1968. He became Vice President of the Western Australia branch of the Liberal Party. In 1969 when Sir Paul Hasluck resigned from Parliament to become Governor-General of Australia, Garland succeeded him as the member for Curtin. Garland resigned from Parliament on 22 January 1981 to accept appointment as Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, a post he held from 1981 to 1983.

In 1982, he became a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).

Details

Details

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cwa-org-28--14-118-a,b
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Last modified
Sunday, 8 February, 2026
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Town of Claremont Museum

Town of Claremont Museum

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