Charles Sandford
Australian politician
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| Intro | Australian politician | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Politician Railway worker Civil servant | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 11 September 1895, Creswick, Australia | |
| Death | 22 October 1966Brisbane, Australia (aged 71 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
| Politics: | Australian Labor Party |
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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; he died on 22 October at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. George Poyser was appointed to replace him.