Marcus Saltau
Marcus Saltau CBE (17 June 1869 – 21 July 1945) was an Australian politician.
Saltau was born in Warrnambool to German-born carrier Henry Saltau and his Scottish wife Annie née McKenzie.[1] He attended state school and followed his father into the produce trade, eventually becoming manager of the family firm. On 4 April 1893 he married Jean Buick Anton, with whom he had two children; he would later marry Margaret Hilda Humphries in 1927. From 1899 to 1913 he served on Warrnambool Town Council, of which he was mayor from 1910 to 1911[1] or 1912[2]
In 1924 Saltau won a by-election for Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Nationalist Party.[3] He was a minister without portfolio from 22 November 1928 to 3 July 1929 and again March–April 1935,[1] or 19 May 1932 to 20 March 1935.[3] Denied United Australia Party preselection in 1940, he was lost his seat running as an independent. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1945. Saltau died in Toorak in 1945 and was buried in Warrnambool cemetery.[1]
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- 1869 births
- 1945 deaths
- Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
- United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Independent members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- People from the Colony of Victoria