What is Matthew Charlton?
[[File:Matthew Charlton 1928.jpg|thumb|Charlton in 1928]] '''Matthew Charlton''' (15 March 1866 – 8 December 1948) was an [[Australia]]n politician. He served as the leader of the [[Australian Labor Party]] and the [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] from January 1922 to March 1928. He was a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1910 to 1928. He also served two terms as a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] (1903–1904, 1904–1910). Charlton was born in [[Linton, Victoria|Linton]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He grew up in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[New South Wales]]. He married Martha Rollings in 1889. He had two children. He died on 8 December 1948 in [[Lambton, New South Wales]], at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Perks, Murray|title=Charlton, Matthew (1866–1948)|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/charlton-matthew-5563|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charlton, Matthew}} [[Category:1866 births]] [[Category:1948 deaths]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Politicians from New South Wales]] [[Category:Politicians from Victoria (Australia)]] {{Bio-stub}}