Alexander Dunlop (politician)


Alexander Cunningham Wallace Dunlop or Alexander Cunningham Fairlie Wallace-Dunlop was a nominee member of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1851 until his death 7 months later.
Dunlop was born in West Lothian, Scotland to Anthony Dunlop and Anne Cunningham. Arriving in the Port Phillip District in the 1840s, he became a magistrate in 1851. 31 October 1851 Dunlop was nominated to the Victorian Legislative Council.
His nomination to the Legislative Council was announced in the Victoria Government Gazette of 5 November 1851.
Dunlop died in Melbourne, his funeral was held on 24 June 1852. He was replaced in the Council by Joseph Anderson.