About Martin Collaton
Lived 1887 – 1963 (aged 76). Martin Collaton was an Australian and British politician and trade unionist.
Martin Louis Collaton (11 August 1887 – 25 November 1963) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Adelaide from 1931 to 1933. Elected for the Lang Labor Party, he defected to the Labor Party while in office.
He worked in the iron trade, in wool, wheat and timber yards and in the Broken Hill mines before becoming state secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association. He won a 1931 by-election for the new Lang Labor Party.
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Who was Martin Collaton?
Australian politician (1887–1963)
When was Martin Collaton born?
Martin Collaton was born on 11 August 1887.
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Martin Collaton died on 25 November 1963.
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Martin Collaton was a politician and trade unionist.
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Martin Collaton was Australian and British.
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