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Dick Klugman Member of the Australian Parliament
for ProspectIn office
25 October 1969 – 19 February 1990Preceded by New seat Succeeded by Janice Crosio Personal details Born 13 January 1924
Vienna, AustriaDied 21 February 2011 (aged 87)
Sydney, New South WalesNationality Austrian Australian Political party Australian Labor Party Occupation Doctor Richard Emanuel "Dick" Klugman (18 January 1924 – 21 February 2011) was an Austrian-born Australian politician.
Born in Vienna, Austria, he migrated to Australia in 1938 at the age of 14, and attended the University of Sydney. He became a doctor, and was resident medical officer at Royal North Shore Hospital before becoming a general practitioner in western Sydney in 1954.
In 1969, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for the new seat of Prospect, the first MP since 1917 not born in the British Commonwealth. Klugman held the Prospect seat until his retirement in 1990.[1]
References
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-07-19. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
Parliament of Australia Preceded by
new seatMember for Prospect
1969–1990Succeeded by
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