Charles Carty Salmon (27 July 1860 – 15 September 1917) was an Australian politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Salmon was born at Amherst, Victoria on 27 July 1860 to English-born parents: storekeeper Frederick Browne Salmon and Susannah Carty, née Arnell. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne and, after a brief time with his uncle's tobacco company, returned to his father's grazing property. In 1886 he entered the University o...
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Charles Carty Salmon (27 July 1860 – 15 September 1917) was an Australian politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Salmon was born at Amherst, Victoria on 27 July 1860 to English-born parents: storekeeper Frederick Browne Salmon and Susannah Carty, née Arnell. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne and, after a brief time with his uncle's tobacco company, returned to his father's grazing property. In 1886 he entered the University of Melbourne, studying medicine, obtaining Scottish qualifications and subsequently practicing as a doctor.
As honorary surgeon for the South Yarra Relief Committee, Salmon met Alfred Deakin and formed a lifelong friendship. He won an 1893 by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Talbot and Avoca as an independent, and became identified as a political liberal. He was a minister without portfolio, and subsequently minister for public instruction and commissioner for trade and customs, from 1899-1900 in Allan McLean's government...
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