Alexander Panton

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

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| term_start1 = 18 July 1933

| term_end1 = 24 March 1938

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| predecessor1 = Sydney Stubbs

| successor1 = William Johnson

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| constituency_AM2 = Leederville

| assembly2 = Western Australian Legislative

| term_start2 = 13 April 1930

| term_end2 = 25 December 1951

| predecessor2 = Harry Millington

| successor2 = Ted Johnson

| constituency_AM3 = Menzies

| assembly3 = Western Australian Legislative

| term_start3 = 22 March 1924

| term_end3 = 12 April 1930

| predecessor3 = John Mullany

| successor3 = Constituency abolished

| office4 = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for West Province

| term_start4 = 5 July 1919

| term_end4 = 21 May 1922

| predecessor4 = Sir Henry Briggs

| successor4 = George Potter

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| birth_date = 20 March 1877

| birth_place = Alma, Victoria

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| resting_place = Karrakatta Cemetery

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Alexander Hugh Panton (20 March 1877 – 25 December 1951){{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49007219|title=Mr. A. H. Panton dies after short illness|date=26 December 1951|work=The West Australian|via=Trove|accessdate=6 April 2015}} was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1919 to 1922, before entering the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1924, representing Menzies. He transferred to Leederville in 1930 and served until 1951. From 1933 to 1938 he was Speaker of the Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members |publisher=Parliament of Western Australia |year=2011 |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/iframewebpages/Members+-+Former |accessdate=10 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062045/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/iframewebpages/Members%2B-%2BFormer |archivedate=27 September 2011 }} He served as minister for Health, and later Mines under the Willcock ministry.