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Preceded by
  
New seat

Children
  
1 son, 2 daughters

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Ken Fry


Nationality
  
Australian

Spouse
  
Audrey Clibbens (m. 1946)

Born
  
8 November 1920Inverell, New South Wales (
1920-11-08
)

Alma mater
  
Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1938Australian National University 1973, 1981, 1993

Role
  
Died
  
October 10, 2007, Broulee, Australia

Previous office
  
Member of the Australian Parliament (1974–1984)

Books
  
Beyond the Barrier: Class Formation in a Pastoral Society : Bathurst, 1818-1848


Political party
  

Kenneth Lionel "Ken" Fry (8 November 1920 – 10 October 2007) was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Fraser, Australian Capital Territory for the Australian Labor Party, from 1974 to 1984.

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Early years

Fry was born in Inverell, New South Wales, the youngest of seven children, and spent many of his early years around Bathurst. He completed a diploma at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College in 1938. During World War II, he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force from 1939 to 1945, including service in New Guinea, Borneo and South East Asia. He married Audrey Clibbens in 1946 and then worked in business and farming in the Bathurst district from 1947 to 1967. He joined the Australian Public Service in 1968 as an agricultural officer. He completed a BA at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1973 and a BLitt in 1981.

Political career

Fry was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council from 1970 to 1974. In 1973, he was elected as the first president of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party. In 1974 he was elected as the first member for Fraser. From 1975, he became particularly involved in the campaign for the independence of East Timor. Subsequently, Fry addressed three international bodies on this issue: the UN Security Council in April 1976, the international conference on East Timor in Lisbon in May 1979 and the Permanent Peoples Tribunal hearing on East Timor in Lisbon in 1981. Fry retired from politics in 1984.

Life after politics

After retiring from Parliament, Fry returned initially to study, completing his PhD in Australian history under the guidance of Professor Manning Clark at ANU. Fry and his wife later retired to the South Coast of New South Wales.

References

Ken Fry Wikipedia


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