Dick Klugman

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Dick Klugman
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Member of the Australian Parliament
for Prospect
In office
25 October 1969 – 19 February 1990
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJanice Crosio
Personal details
Born(1924-01-13)13 January 1924
Vienna, Austria
Died21 February 2011(2011-02-21) (aged 87)
Sydney
NationalityItalian / Australian (naturalised in 1946).
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Spouse(s)Kristine Klugman,
Margaret Healy
ChildrenVikki, Jeni Klugman, Julie, Kathy
OccupationDoctor, Member of Parliament

Richard Emanuel "Dick" Klugman (18 January 1924 – 21 February 2011) was an Austrian-born Australian politician.

Born in Vienna, Klugman migrated to Australia in 1938 at the age of 14, in order to escape the Anschluss (his family was Jewish). Having graduated from the University of Sydney, he became a doctor, and was resident medical officer at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital before starting work (1954) as a general practitioner at Guildford in the city's western suburbs.

In 1969, Klugman was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for the new seat of Prospect, a western-Sydney constituency. Klugman held the seat of Prospect until his retirement in 1990.[1] During his time as a Member of Parliament he did not hold any ministerial offices. A firm anti-communist, he was one of the few federal parliamentarians who in 1976 boycotted the House of Representatives' tributes to the recently deceased Chairman Mao.

References[]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
new seat 		Member for Prospect
1969–1990 		Succeeded by
Janice Crosio


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