Pat Field | |
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Senator for Queensland | |
In office 3 September 1975 – 11 November 1975 | |
Preceded by | Bertie Milliner |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Patrick Field 11 October 1910 Durrington, Wiltshire, England |
Died | 1 July 1990 Caboolture, Queensland, Australia | (aged 79)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Labor (1937–1975) Independent (1975–1979) National (1979–1990) |
Occupation | Public servant |
Albert Patrick Field (11 October 1910 – 1 July 1990) was an Australian Labor Party member. In 1975 he was chosen as a Senator in unusual circumstances that played a significant role in precipitating the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Gough Whitlam described him as "an individual of the utmost obscurity, from which he rose and to which he sank with equal speed".