Nathaniel Barclay

Nathaniel Barclay
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Mildura
In office 28 May 1955 – 11 September 1962
Preceded by	Alan Lind
Succeeded by	Milton Whiting
In office 8 November 1947 – 6 December 1952
Preceded by	Louis Garlick
Succeeded by	Alan Lind
Personal details
Born	(1895-10-01)1 October 1895 Killeavy, Ireland
Died	11 September 1962(1962-09-11) (aged 66) East Melbourne, Australia
Political party	Country Party
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1914–1919 1940–1942
Rank	Sergeant
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Distinguished Conduct Medal

Nathaniel Barclay DCM (1 October 1895 – 11 September 1962) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Killeavy in County Armagh to farmer Jonathan Barclay and Alice Turner. He migrated to Victoria around 1914, and served in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, seeing action at Gallipoli and in France, where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917. On his return he was a soldier settler at Red Cliffs, where he grew dried fruit. On 6 December 1924 he married Daisy Florence Heritage. He returned to the armed forces during the Second World War, and before and after that conflict was president of the local Returned and Services League. In 1947 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Mildura. He was defeated in 1952, and served on Mildura Shire Council from 1953 to 1962, with a period as president from 1958 to 1959. He returned to the Legislative Assembly in 1955 and served until his death at East Melbourne in 1962.