Kenneth James Aldred was an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives between 1975 and 1980 and again from 1983 to 1996.
17 Facts About Ken Aldred
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Ken Aldred was educated at Melbourne High School and Monash University, and held the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Master of Administration from Monash University.
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In June 1973 Ken Aldred returned to the Commonwealth Public Service Board in Melbourne as Industrial Information Officer.
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Ken Aldred remained there until elected to Federal Parliament in December 1975 as the Member for Henty.
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From 1965 to 1971, Ken Aldred served in the Australian Army Reserve.
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Ken Aldred was Assistant Adjutant of Mon UR, and founded and edited the joint regimental publication, The Military Review.
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Ken Aldred chaired the Government Members' Small Business Committee, working closely with the Industry Minister, Phillip Lynch, on small business policy formulation.
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Ken Aldred was an active member of the newly established Expenditure Committee of the House of Representatives and as Chairman of the Government Members' Trade Sub-Committee, worked closely with the Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister, Doug Anthony.
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Ken Aldred spent a considerable amount of time visiting factories in the state's three dairying regions, namely Gippsland, the Western District and the Northern Region.
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Ken Aldred left VDPITC on re-election to the federal parliament in May 1983.
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Ken Aldred re-entered the House of Representatives through the by-election in Bruce, which followed the resignation of House Speaker, Sir Billy Snedden, after the Coalition defeat in the 1983 federal election.
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In November 1989, Aldred and Senator Jim Short alleged that Labor MP Lewis Kent was "an agent of a foreign power" and had ties to the UDBA, the Yugoslav secret police.
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Ken Aldred was disendorsed by the Liberal Party for Deakin in 1995 for the 1996 federal election and subsequently used parliamentary privilege to make allegations of involvement in espionage and drug trafficking against a prominent Jewish lawyer and a senior foreign affairs official, using documents that were later found to be forged, which had been supplied to him by LaRouche movement front organisation the Citizens Electoral Council.
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Ken Aldred was a regular writer on policy issues for magazines and newspapers.
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From December 1996 until his death, Ken Aldred was the proprietor of one of Australia's major equestrian centres, the Victorian Equestrian Centre in Upper Beaconsfield.
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Ken Aldred died unexpectedly on 17 April 2016 and is survived by his four children.
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The preselection saw Mary Ken Aldred defeat sitting MP Russell Broadbent who was a parliamentary colleague of her late father.