20 Facts About Alan Missen

Alan Joseph Missen was an Australian lawyer and politician.

Alan Missen was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for Victoria from 1974 until his death in 1986.

Alan Missen was known as a leader of the party's social liberal wing.

Alan Missen was educated at Kew Primary School, Box Hill High and matriculated from the selective Melbourne High School.

Alan Missen commenced a law degree at the University of Melbourne in 1943 and immediately became active in student politics.

Alan Missen established a successful partnership with Roy Schilling and Bill Impey.

Alan Missen was engaged to Mollie Anchen, school teacher, in 1962.

Alan Missen contented himself with significant activism at a "grass-roots" level, particularly with younger Liberal Party members and adherents.

Alan Missen was elected to the Victorian State Executive and participated energetically in its committee system and was an early supporter of the quarterly Checkpoint formed in 1969 to stimulate a greater level of policy debate.

Alan Missen was elected vice-president of the Victorian Division on the same ticket as the party's new president Peter Hardie.

Alan Missen served as chairman of the Liberal Party's State Platform Committee, with a mandate to revise the party's platform for the first time since 1952.

In 1973 Alan Missen was elected by the Liberal Party's Victorian State Executive to a winnable position on the party's Senate ticket for the following Federal election.

Alan Missen had serious misgivings about denying supply to an elected Government.

Alan Missen served as chairman of the Amnesty International Australian Parliamentary Group.

Alan Missen found himself increasingly isolated as a new generation of economic reformers took control of the Liberal Party in Victoria and elsewhere across Australia.

When Howard replaced Peacock as Liberal leader in 1985 Alan Missen was further alienated.

Alan Missen had long been a diabetic and suffered a heart attack in early 1986.

Alan Missen suffered a second heart attack and died at home on 30 March 1986.

Alan Missen's death was recorded in The Age on 31 March 1986, including a tribute from the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.

Alan Missen was survived by his wife Mollie, who died 12 October 2008.