# Isaac Weaver

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{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{distinguish|Isaac Weaver Jr.}}
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'''Isaac Job Weaver''' (28 October 1869 – 17 May 1954) was an Australian politician.

He was born in [Warrenheip](/source/Warrenheip%2C_Victoria) to farmer Edward Weaver and Ellenor Southerton. His formal education lasted two years, and growing up he worked on the family farm at [Boort](/source/Boort%2C_Victoria). He became a sheep and wheat farmer, and was active in local agricultural circles. Around 1897, he married Margaret Ritchie, with whom he had two children. In 1917 he was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly) for [Korong](/source/Electoral_district_of_Korong), representing the [Victorian Farmers' Union](/source/Victorian_Farmers'_Union). He joined the [Country Party](/source/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Victoria) in 1920 and was a member of its central council from 1920 to 1922 and from 1928 to 1933. In 1927, his seat was abolished, and he was defeated whilst running for [Korong and Eaglehawk](/source/Electoral_district_of_Korong_and_Eaglehawk). He ran unsuccessfully for the [Shire of Gordon](/source/Shire_of_Gordon) in the [1931 Victorian local elections](/source/1931_Victorian_local_elections), receiving 35.9% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203034276/18963584 |website=Trove |publisher=The Age}}</ref> From 1938 to 1943, he was a member of [John McEwen](/source/John_McEwen)'s [Liberal Country Party](/source/Liberal_Country_Party). Weaver died in [Mansfield](/source/Mansfield%2C_Victoria) in 1954.<ref name=vic>{{cite web
  | last = Parliament of Victoria
  | author-link = Parliament of Victoria
  | title = Weaver, Isaac Job
  | work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851
  | publisher = Parliament of Victoria
  | date = 2001
  | url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1520
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060823123257/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1520
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 23 August 2006
  | access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref>

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{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Korong](/source/Electoral_district_of_Korong) | years=1917&ndash;1927}}
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Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
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