Gordon Wilkins

Gordon Wilkins was an Australian politician.
Born in Mudgee, [New South Wales|Mudgee] to farmer Abel Wilkins and his wife, he attended Wellington Public School and joined the postal service. He subsequently joined his father as a stock and station agent and auctioneer before becoming a farmer and grazier. After serving as a lieutenant in the France with the First [Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force] from 1915 to 1918, where he lost a leg, he was the first president of the Wellington Returned and [Services League of Australia|Returned Servicemen's League]. On 25 September 1925 he married Margery Thomas, with whom he had a son. In 1932 he won the seat of Bathurst in the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] with joint endorsement from the United Australia Party and the Country Party; he sat with the Country Party in parliament, but condemned it for failing to tackle rural indebtedness. Wilkins lost his seat in 1935 and died at Wellington in 1938.