title: Harvie Picken
text: # Harvie Picken
  
  John Harvie Picken (born March 1888, Melbourne, Australia) was a prominent Australian businessman and member of the Picken family.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Picken lived in Toorak, Victoria, Australia.
  
  ## Family life
  
  Harvie had two children, James Douglas and Donalda Mairi. James Douglas Picken had two sons, Ian Douglas and Kenneth John.
  
  ## Other information
  
  Life member of Mercantile Rowing Club Member of Kingston Heath Golf Club Member of the West Brighton Club – where a trophy named the Menzies Picken trophy is co-named with his friend Robert Menzies (former Prime Minister of Australia). Committee member of the VATC (today the Melbourne Racing Club) – where a race was named after him the "$22,000 Harvie Picken Super Vobis Handicap 3YO RB 0–72 1200M" President of the Australian Chamber of Manufacturers 1953–54 (today the AusIndustry Group. Practising Freemason – Naval and Military Club Melbourne Major supporter of the Australian National Gallery in St Kilda Road Melbourne
  
  