Charles Sandford (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

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

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. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Senator Sandford dies in Brisbane". The Canberra Times. 24 October 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "1966 Senate special election: Victoria". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2023.


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