Fred Collard
Fred Collard | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie | |
| In office 9 December 1961 – 13 December 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Browne |
| Succeeded by | Mick Cotter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1912 Beverley, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 1 December 1986 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Labor |
| Occupation | Goldminer, union official |
Frederick Walter Collard (6 June 1912 – 1 December 1986) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1975, representing the Western Australian seat of Kalgoorlie. He was a gold miner and Australian Workers' Union official before entering parliament.
Early life
Collard was born on 6 June 1912 in Beverley, Western Australia.[1] He was raised in Kokeby, where his father Henry Collard was a farmer, but went into mining after leaving school.[2]
Collard enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in August 1942 and was posted to the RAAF School of Technical Training and Engineering in Perth. He transferred to the No. 1 Aircraft Depot RAAF in Victoria in April 1943, where he remained until 1945. He was discharged in February 1946 with the rank of leading aircraftman.[3]
Collard returned to mining after the war's end, settling in Boulder and working at the North Kalgurli Gold Mine. In 1951 he was employed by the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) as a full-time organiser. He was appointed organising secretary of the AWU's mining division the following year.[4] In 1955 he represented the AWU at the state arbitration court as it sought a new award for the gold mining industry.[5]
Politics
Collard was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1961 federal election, winning the seat of Kalgoorlie for the Australian Labor Party from the incumbent Liberal MP Peter Browne.[1] Kalgoorlie was the last seat to be called, with Collard's margin of victory being less than 500 votes.[6]
In parliament, Collard served on a number of committees, including as a member of the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Accounts from 1967 to 1975. He was re-elected in Kalgoorlie on five occasions, eventually losing his seat to Liberal candidate Mick Cotter in the ALP's landslide defeat at the 1975 federal election.[1]
Personal life
In 1940 Collard married Irene Jackson.[7] He died on 1 December 1986, aged 74.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Collard, Frederick Walter". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Mostly personal". The Beverley Times. 15 December 1961.
- ^ Church, Nathan (9 September 2016). Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war: the Second World War (Report). Research Papers Series, 2016-17. Australian Parliamentary Library. p. 12. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "A.W.U. Secretary: Mr. F. Collard Appointed". Kalgoorlie Miner. 22 September 1952.
- ^ "Gold miners stress the danger". The Daily News. Perth. 12 October 1955.
- ^ "Senate Seat Goes To Independent". The Canberra Times. 21 December 1961.
- ^ "Georgette Over Satin for Bride". Sunday Times. Perth. 28 January 1940.
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