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Fred Graham (politician)

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Preceded by
  
William Forgan Smith

Political party
  
Australian Labor Party

Religion
  
Methodist

Succeeded by
  
Ed Casey

Occupation
  
Engine driver

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

Full Name
  
Frederick Dickson Graham

Born
  
13 May 1899 Croydon, Queensland, Australia (
1899-05-13
)

Spouse(s)
  
Agnes May Bowling (m.1922 d.1977)

Died
  
11 June 1996, Brisbane, Australia

Frederick Dickson "Fred" Graham (13 May 1899 - 11 June 1996) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Biography

Graham was born at Croydon, Queensland, the son of Joseph Henry Graham and his wife Louisa Jane (née Stephens). When he arrived in Queensland he took up farming. He attended primary school in Croydon and by 1916 he was working as an engine driver and cleaner for Queensland Railways. From 1925 until his election to parliament he worked as a fireman in Mackay.

On the 14th June 1922 he married Agnes May Bowling (died 1977) and together had one daughter. Graham died in Brisbane in June 1996 and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.

Public career

When the Premier of Queensland, William Forgan Smith, retired from politics in December 1942, Graham, a fellow Labor Party member, won the resultant by-election. He went on to represent the electorate for 26 years before retiring from politics at the 1969 Queensland state election.

In 1972 and after his retirement, Graham was expelled by the Labor Party after criticising the decision of the special Labor convention that year in not re-endorsing Ed Casey, who successfully stood in the 1972 state election as an Independent Labor candidate. He was re-admitted to the party in 1977 which was seen in part as a further step in coercing Casey to return to the party. At the time of his death in 1996 he was the oldest former member of the House and the last surviving member of Frank Cooper's government from 1942 to 1946.

References

Fred Graham (politician) Wikipedia