Claude Champion

Claude Champion (30 June 1906 – September 1982) was an Australian public servant in Papua New Guinea. He served as a member of the Legislative Council in two spells between 1951 and 1961.

Biography Born in 1906 to Herbert Champion, who served as Government Secretary of the Territory of Papua from 1913 to 1942, Claude was educated at the Southport School in Queensland. Despite being discouraged from joining the civil service by his father, who feared being accused of nepotism, he was appointed a government clerk in 1927, before becoming a patrol officer the following year. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953. In 1959 he was appointed Director of Civil Affairs, and also returned to the Legislative Council, as well as joining the Executive Council.