predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place nationality party birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation
john chanter robert patten australian australian john chanter parker moloney ararat , victoria riverina hume 30 october 1929 bungendore , new south wales australian liberal -lrb- 1917 & ndash ; 19 -rrb- -lrb- 1913 & ndash ; 17 -rrb- nationalist 17 june 1867 31 may 1913 5 may 1917 ethel elizabeth howat franc falkiner.jpg franc falkiner
 5 september 1914 3 november 1919 franc falkiner property manager
franc falkiner

franc brereton sadleir falkiner -lrb- 17 june 1867 -- 30 october 1929 -rrb- was an australian politician and grazier , born on the ararat , victoria goldfields to frank sadleir falkiner and emily elizabeth , née bazley .
the eldest boy among five sons and five daughters , his younger brother otway falkiner would later rival him as a merino sheep breeder .
falkiner was educated at geelong church of england grammar school , and in 1878 the family moved to the riverina as a result of otway 's asthma .
franc managed the family properties for some time , and in 1909 became managing director of f. s. falkiner & sons ltd on the death of his father .
a founding member of conargo shire council -lrb- formed in 1906 -rrb- , falkiner 's political interests were awakened by the 1910 federal land tax , which prompted him to enter the australian house of representatives .
he won the seat of riverina in 1913 , representing the commonwealth liberal party , but lost it to the former member , john chanter , the following year .
he won hume in 1917 for the nationalist party , but was defeated in his attempt to transfer to the senate in 1919 .
a brusque and humorous politician , falkiner derided labor prime minister andrew fisher 's 1912 maternity allowance as a `` bangle bonus '' .
on his departure from politics , falkiner concentrated on breeding sheep , and was president of the southern riverina pastoralists ' union , one of the founders of the `` australian stud merino flock register '' , and a director of the bank of new south wales from 1919-1929 .
falkiner died on 30 october 1929 at bungendore of intracranial haemorrhage , and was survived by his wife , ethel elizabeth -lrb- née howat -rrb- , whom he had married on 5 may 1902 , and his two sons and two daughters .
