James Guest

Background

He was born in Melbourne to James Chester Guest, a business manager and Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Australia, and Patricia, née Hammond.

Career

A graduate of Geelong Grammar School, he attended Brasenose College at Oxford University, where he received a Master of Arts. He became a barrister-at-law in Lincolns Inn in 1960. In 1976 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Liberal member for Monash.

He served on a number of committees but never rose from the backbench.

He retired in 1996.

Connections

associate:

Owen Dixon