Dick Klugman

Dick Klugman
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Prospect
In office
25 October 1969 – 19 February 1990
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Janice Crosio
Personal details
Born 13 January 1924(1924-01-13)
Vienna, Austria
Died 21 February 2011(2011-02-21) (aged 87)
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Austrian Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Occupation Doctor

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

Born in Vienna, Austria, he migrated to Australia in 1938 at the age of 14, and attended the University of Sydney. He became a doctor, and was resident medical officer at Royal North Shore Hospital before becoming a general practitioner in western Sydney in 1954.

In 1969, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for the new seat of Prospect, the first MP since 1917 not born in the British Commonwealth. Klugman held the Prospect seat until his retirement in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-07-19. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
new seat		 Member for Prospect
1969–1990		 Succeeded by
Janice Crosio