Background
He was born in Wangaratta to dairy farmers George Arthur and Hilda Maud Swinburne.
He was born in Wangaratta to dairy farmers George Arthur and Hilda Maud Swinburne.
He attended local public schools and became a dairy farmer in 1930.
He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1946 as a Country Party member for North Eastern. He was deputy leader of the Country Party in the upper house from 1954 to 1969 and leader from 1969 to 1976. He also served as Minister of Housing and Materials from 1950 to 1952.
Swinburne died in 1994.
From 1940 to 1947 he was a member of Bright Shire Council, serving as president from 1943 to 1944.
