Alexander Poynton

The Honourable Alexander Poynton OBE
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office 21 December 1921 – 5 February 1923
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
Preceded by	George Wise
Succeeded by	William Gibson
Minister for Home and Territories
In office 3 February 1920 – 21 December 1921
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
Preceded by	Paddy Glynn
Succeeded by	George Pearce
Treasurer of Australia
In office 14 November 1916 – 16 February 1917
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
Preceded by	William Higgs
Succeeded by	John Forrest
Member of the Australian Parliament for Grey
In office 16 December 1903 – 16 December 1922
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Andrew Lacey
Member of the Australian Parliament for South Australia
In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 Serving with Lee Batchelor, Langdon Bonython, Paddy Glynn, Frederick Holder, Charles Kingston, Vaiben Louis Solomon
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	(1853-08-08)8 August 1853 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 January 1935(1935-01-09) (aged 81) Toorak Gardens, South Australia, Australia
Political party	Ind. Labor (1893–1901) Free Trade (1901–04) Labor (1904–16) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–22)
Spouse	Harriet Brown
Occupation	Shearer, miner

Alexander Poynton OBE (8 August 1853 – 9 January 1935) was an Australian politician. He held ministerial office under Prime Minister Billy Hughes, serving as Treasurer (1916–1917), Minister for Home and Territories (1920–1921), and Postmaster-General (1921–1923).

Poynton was a shearer and union leader before entering politics. He served in the South Australian House of Assembly (1893–1901) as a supporter of the labour movement before winning election to the House of Representatives at the 1901 federal election. Following the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 he followed Hughes into the Nationalist Party. He lost his seat at the 1922 election.