Education
Born in Williamstown to Benjamin Goldsmith Levien and Eliza Lindo (who both arrived in Victoria from England in 1839), he attended Geelong Grammar School before becoming a farmer at Drysdale.
Born in Williamstown to Benjamin Goldsmith Levien and Eliza Lindo (who both arrived in Victoria from England in 1839), he attended Geelong Grammar School before becoming a farmer at Drysdale.
He served as a director for several companies, and his own was a major grower in the Mildura area. He was a Bellarine Shire Councillor from 1869 to 1975 and president from 1870 to 1872. In April 1871 Levien was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for South Grant.
He transferred to Barwon in 1877 but was unseated in December of that year.
He served as the member for Barwon again from 1880 to 1906. Levien was Minister for Mines and Agriculture from 8 March 1883 to 18 February 1886.
He died in Street Kilda on 24 May 1906.