1. Colin James Bennett was a barrister and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
16 Facts About Col Bennett
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Col Bennett joined the RAAF in 1943, holding the rank of leading aircraftman when he was discharged in July, 1945.
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Col Bennett first entered politics in 1949 when he won the Brisbane City Council ward of Kurilpa for Labor in a by-election to replace Thomas Moores, who had moved to state politics.
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Col Bennett led the Municipal Labor Party for ten years and from 1952 until 1955 he was Vice-Mayor to Frank Roberts.
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At the 1960 Queensland election, Col Bennett was a candidate for South Brisbane where his opponent was former ALP premier Vince Gair, who since 1957 had been leader of the Queensland Labor Party.
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Col Bennett defeated Gair, and went on to hold the seat until, along with Ed Casey and Merv Thackeray, he was disendorsed before the 1972 state election.
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Col Bennett stood as an independent and gained 19.6 percent of the vote but was defeated by the official Labor candidate, Fred Bromley.
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Col Bennett weighed into the debate amid public complaints and the lack of responsible action from Bischof.
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Col Bennett was known to "distinguished himself with his fists" on occasions.
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Col Bennett frequently clashed with Tom Aikens and on one occasion Aikens alleged that a 'peeved' Mr Bennett had let down four tyres of a car parked in his lot at the Inns of Court.
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Col Bennett was at one time secretary of the Coorparoo Branch and for 20 years was president of the Griffith Federal Division Executive.
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On 21 November 1942, Col Bennett married Eileen Jocumsen and together had three sons and five daughters.
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Col Bennett was a member of the Newman Society, the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board, the Federated Clerks and Australian Workers Unions, the Lions Club; and the Johnsonian Club.
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Col Bennett was Junior President at the Southern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club.
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Col Bennett was patron and life member of the Returned and Services League of Australia.
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Col Bennett died in June 2002 and was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.