Preceded by Robert Holt Occupation Plumber Party Australian Labor Party Died March 31, 1980 | Nationality Australian Role Australian Politician Succeeded by Division abolished Name Frank Courtnay Resigned September 29, 1969 | |
Born 6 June 1903
Melbourne, Victoria ( 1903-06-06 ) | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Frank Courtnay (6 June 1903 – 31 March 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at state schools and then the Working Men's College before becoming a dairy farmer and later a plumber. He was Victorian and then national secretary of the Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union of Australia. In 1958, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Darebin. He held Darebin until its abolition in 1969, at which point he retired. Courtnay died in 1980.
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