Charles Graham (Western Australian politician)

Charles Graham
Senator for Western Australia
In office
1 July 1923 – 30 June 1929
Personal details
Born1867
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died27 March 1938 (aged 71)
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationTailor

Charles Montague Graham (1867 – 27 March 1938) was an Australian politician. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, he was educated at state schools. He worked as a tailor, was a union official, and entered the Western Australian parliament.[1][2][3][4][5] He served as an Australian Labor Party Senator in the 1922 election, holding office from 1 July 1923 to 30 September 1929 but was not re-elected in the 1929 election.[6] He relocated to Victoria and died in Clifton Hill, Melbourne in 1938.[7]

  1. ^ "Official report of proceedings of the eleventh Commonwealth conference". ALP Report, Canberra, 11, May 1927, Melbourne, 1927, pp. 12, 19, 20, 25, CPD, 12 March 1929, p. 1064, 15, March 1929, pp. 1288-1289.
  2. ^ Birman, W. "GRAHAM, Charles Montague (1867–1938) Senator for Western Australia, 1923–29 (Australian Labor Party)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ Australia Parliament 1927. (n.d.). Parliamentary Debates. Commonwealth Government Printer. 1927.
  4. ^ "Australia, Senate". Debates, 27 April 1938. 22 October 2017.
  5. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Obituary". The Argus. 29 March 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 23 October 2017 – via Trove.