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Daly, Frederick Michael (Fred) (1912–1995)

	Daly, Frederick Michael (Fred) (1912–1995)
Born	13 June, 1912 Currabubula , New South Wales , Australia
Died	2 August, 1995 (aged 83) Bondi Junction, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish
Religious Influence	Catholic
Related Entries [View as tree]	Rosevear, John Solomon (work colleague) Evatt, Herbert Vere (colleague) Scullin, James Henry (mentor) Chifley, Joseph Benedict (mentor) Bowden, George James (political adversary) Kerr, John Robert (related entry)
Education*	Currabubula Public School (NSW) (student, 1918-1923) Waverley College (Sydney) (student, 1923-1925)
Occupation*	clerk (1916-1943) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1943-1975) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1943-1975) Federal, Australia political writer (1977-1995) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978) King of Canberra (recipient, 1981-1982)
Key Events*	coal strike (1949) (politician) Dismissal of Whitlam government, 1975 (government minister)
Key Organisations*	Canberra Raiders football team (patron, ?-1995) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (committe member) Mary Immaculate (Waverley) Literary, Debating, and Social Society (member) Canberra Labor Club (patron, 1989-1995)
Political Activism*	ALP (NSW) (party member, 1933-1995) ALP (life member, 1995-1995)
Workplaces*	Bennett and Wood (employee, 1925-1939) Dept of Navy (Federal) (public servant, 1941-1943) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1943-1975)

* Dates are approximate