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12 Facts About Tony Lamb

1.

Antony Hamilton Lamb was born on 7 March 1939 and is a former Australian politician.

2.

Tony Lamb served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1975 and from 1984 to 1990, representing the Australian Labor Party.

3.

Tony Lamb was one of three children born to Marie Christine and George Hamilton Lamb, his father being a Country Party member of the parliament of Victoria.

4.

Tony Lamb's mother died in 1941 following a long illness, while his father died in 1943 as a Japanese prisoner of war on the Burma Railway.

5.

Tony Lamb attended Box Hill High School before taking up a scholarship at Scotch College, Melbourne.

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Tony Lamb qualified as a pharmacist at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1959, where he was a member of the Young Labor Association and active in the New Theatre.

7.

Tony Lamb later completed the degree of Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 1971 and a diploma in education at Monash University in 1979.

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8.

Tony Lamb completed an apprenticeship with Eric Scott, the president of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

9.

Tony Lamb later worked for periods in South Croydon and Camberwell before becoming manager of a pharmacy at the Northland Shopping Centre in Preston.

10.

Tony Lamb held the seat of LaTrobe until his defeat in 1975.

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Tony Lamb then contested the seat of Deakin, but was unsuccessful.

12.

In 2009, Tony Lamb published his thesis in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy:.