Background
Officer, born at New Norfolk, Tasmania, was the third son of Sir Robert Officer.
Officer, born at New Norfolk, Tasmania, was the third son of Sir Robert Officer.
In 1848 he went to Portuguese Phillip, now Victoria (Australia), where he engaged in pastoral pursuits at Mount Talbot, in the Wimmera district. He was returned to the Assembly for Dundas in 1880, and represented the constituency in the moderate Conservative interest until April 1892. Officer suffered losses from drought on his West Darling properties, he was declared bankrupt in New South Wales on 25 June 1897.