Background
Wynne was born in London, but his family emigrated to Australia when he was a child.
Wynne was born in London, but his family emigrated to Australia when he was a child.
University of Melbourne.
He educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and enrolled in an articled clerk"s course at the University of Melbourne and was admitted as an attorney in July 1874. He joined the Fusion government and served as Postmaster-General in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to its fall in September 1914, but he did not contest the 1914 elections, apparently because he could not reorganise his department to run on efficient business principles. Wynne returned to politics in 1917, winning the state seat of Street Kilda and was Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Minister of Railways and a Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from November 1917 to March 1918 in Sir John Bowser"s government.
He did not stand for re-election in 1920.