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'''Charles Frederick Van Buren''' ({{IPA|nl|vɑm ˈbyːrə(n)|lang}}; 20 June 1936 – 11 September 2006) was an Australian politician. |
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He was born in [[Kollupitiya]] in [[Ceylon]], where he was educated. His father, Charles Frederick Guy Van Buren, was a Dutch Burgher, while his mother, Blossom Isabella Enright, was of Eurasian descent. He worked as a printer, and after moving to Australia was an organiser with the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]'s Victorian branch from 1974 to 1985. In 1985 he was elected to the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] for [[Eumemmerring Province|Eumemmerring]], serving until he was defeated in 1992. Van Buren died in 2006.<ref name=vic>{{cite web |
He was born in [[Kollupitiya]] in [[Ceylon]], where he was educated. His father, Charles Frederick Guy Van Buren, was a Dutch Burgher, while his mother, Blossom Isabella Enright, was of Eurasian descent. He worked as a printer, and after moving to Australia was an organiser with the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]'s Victorian branch from 1974 to 1985. In 1985 he was elected to the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] for [[Eumemmerring Province|Eumemmerring]], serving until he was defeated in 1992. Van Buren died in 2006.<ref name=vic>{{cite web |
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 24 October 2024
Charles Frederick Van Buren (Dutch: [vɑm ˈbyːrə(n)]; 20 June 1936 – 11 September 2006) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Kollupitiya in Ceylon, where he was educated. His father, Charles Frederick Guy Van Buren, was a Dutch Burgher, while his mother, Blossom Isabella Enright, was of Eurasian descent. He worked as a printer, and after moving to Australia was an organiser with the Labor Party's Victorian branch from 1974 to 1985. In 1985 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eumemmerring, serving until he was defeated in 1992. Van Buren died in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Van Buren, Charles Frederick (Fred)". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2006 deaths
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eumemmerring Province
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Australian people of Dutch descent
- Australian politicians of Asian descent
- Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia
- 20th-century Australian politicians