Charles Sandford (politician)

Charles Walter Sandford (11 September 1895 – 22 October 1966) was an Australian politician.

Charles Sandford
Senator for Victoria
In office
1 July 1947 – 30 June 1956
In office
6 June 1957 – 22 October 1966
Preceded byJack Devlin
Succeeded byGeorge Poyser
Personal details
Born(1895-09-11)11 September 1895
Creswick, Victoria
Died22 October 1966(1966-10-22) (aged 71)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationRailway worker

Born in Creswick, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker. He served in the military from 1914 to 1918, and returned as an official with the Australian Railways Union. During World War II he was a public servant.

In 1946 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria, taking his seat in 1947. He was defeated in 1955 (taking effect in 1956), but on 6 June 1957 he returned to the Senate, appointed to the casual vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Jack Devlin.

In 1966, Sandford fell ill on board a flight from Hong Kong to Sydney, returning from the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Tehran;[1] he died on 22 October at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.[2] George Poyser was appointed to replace him.[3]

References
  1. "SANDFORD, Charles Walter (1895–1966) Senator for Victoria, 1947–56, 1957–66 (Australian Labor Party)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "Senator Sandford dies in Brisbane". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 516). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 October 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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