# Roy Schilling

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Australian politician

**Reginald Ernest Roy Schilling** (30 August 1896 – 7 May 1979) was an Australian politician.

He was born in [Bendigo](/source/Bendigo%2C_Victoria) to blacksmith Frederick William Carl Schilling and Isabella Cameron. He attended state schools and became a law clerk in 1910, studying at night school and [Melbourne University](/source/Melbourne_University) before qualifying as a solicitor. He served with the Australian Recruit Depot Battalion in 1918, and in 1925 was called to the bar. Around 1929 he married Iris Gwendoline Colthurst, with whom he had a daughter, Marlene, born in Melbourne in 1934. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he served in the [Royal Australian Air Force](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force), and after the war he returned to university, qualifying for his [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) and [LLB](/source/Bachelor_of_Law). In 1947 he was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly) as the [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)) member for [Albert Park](/source/Electoral_district_of_Albert_Park), but he was defeated in 1950. A supporter of [Thomas Hollway](/source/Thomas_Hollway), he ran as an [Electoral Reform League](/source/Electoral_Reform_League) candidate in 1952, but had returned to the Liberal Party by 1958. Schilling died in [Elsternwick](/source/Elsternwick%2C_Victoria) in 1979.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vic_1-0)** [Parliament of Victoria](/source/Parliament_of_Victoria) (2001). ["Schilling, Roy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060823033211/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1421). *re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851*. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from [the original](http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1421) on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

Victorian Legislative Assembly Preceded by Frank Crean Member for Albert Park 1947–1950 Succeeded by Keith Sutton

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