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Mal Colston | |
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| Deputy President of the Senate | |
| In office 20 August 1996 – 6 May 1997 | |
| President | Margaret Reid |
| Preceded by | Margaret Reid |
| Succeeded by | Sue West |
| In office 21 August 1990 – 16 August 1993 | |
| President | Kerry Sibraa |
| Preceded by | David Hamer |
| Succeeded by | Noel Crichton-Browne |
| Father of the Senate | |
| In office 1 July 1993 – 30 June 1999 Serving with Brian Harradine[a] | |
| Preceded by | Peter Durack |
| Succeeded by | Brian Harradine |
| Senator for Queensland | |
| In office 13 December 1975 – 30 June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1938 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 23 August 2003 (aged 65) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Spouse | Dawn Patricia McMullen |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
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Malcolm Arthur Colston (5 April 1938 – 23 August 2003) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the Labor Party until 1996, when he resigned to sit as an independent following a dispute over his candidacy for Deputy President of the Senate. Colston was a schoolteacher before entering politics, and held a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Queensland.
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