Robert Guthrie (politician)

Robert Guthrie
Senator for South Australia
In office 1 January 1904 – 20 January 1921
Succeeded by	Edward Vardon
Personal details
Born	17 November 1857 Partick, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	20 January 1921 (aged 63) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Political party	Labor (1904–17) Nationalist (1917–21)
Occupation	Seaman, unionist

Robert Storrie Guthrie (17 November 1857 – 20 January 1921) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was educated at Glasgow before becoming a seaman and migrating to Australia in 1887. He was South Australian Secretary and Federal President of the Seamen's Union before entering the South Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member in 1891. In 1903, he left the Council to contest the Australian Senate, in which he was successful. Originally an Australian Labor Party Senator, he left the party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the Nationalist Party.

On 19 January 1921, Guthrie was struck by a tram as he crossed the road at the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets in Melbourne. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he died the next day from head injuries. Nationalist Edward Vardon was appointed to replace him.