{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} '''David Swan Oman''' (9 November 1866 – 10 April 1930) was an Australian politician.

Oman was born in Lismore, Victoria, to farmer William Oman and Jane Swan. He was educated locally and worked on his father's properties before acquiring property of his own at Highton in partnership with his brother. On 14 August 1895 he married Mary Seymour, with whom he had four children. He served on Hampden Shire Council from 1890 to 1930, with six separate terms as council president.<ref name=arch>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1359 |title=Oman, David Swan |access-date=28 February 2016 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331191212/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1359 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

In 1900 Oman was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Ripon and Hampden, transferring to Hampden in 1904.<ref name=vic/> Eventually a Nationalist, he was Minister of Agriculture from 1917 to 1920, Minister of Lands from 1920 to 1923 and from March to July 1924, Minister of Immigration from May to September 1923 and March to July 1924, and Minister in charge of the Wheat Scheme from March to July 1924. Although involved with the Victorian Farmers' Union, he never joined the Country Party. Oman was defeated in 1927 and died in Lismore in 1930.<ref name=vic>{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile | name = David Swan Oman | id = david-oman | access-date = 3 August 2025}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-vic-la}} {{s-bef|before=Edwin Austin}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Ripon and Hampden | years=1900&ndash;1904}} {{s-non|reason=Abolished}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Hampden | years=1904&ndash;1927}} {{s-aft|after=Arthur Hughes}} {{s-end}}

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