Frank Crean
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Minister for Overseas Trade | |
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| In office 11 December 1974 – 11 November 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Jim Cairns |
| Succeeded by | Doug Anthony |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
| In office 19 December 1972 – 11 December 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Gough Whitlam |
| Succeeded by | Jim Cairns |
| Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
| In office 2 July 1975 – 22 December 1975 | |
| Leader | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Dr. Jim Cairns |
| Succeeded by | Tom Uren |
| Member for Melbourne Ports | |
| In office 28 April 1951 – 10 November 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Holloway |
| Succeeded by | Clyde Holding |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 22 January 1949 – 1 March 1951 | |
| Preceded by | William Quirk |
| Succeeded by | Robert Pettiona |
| Constituency | Prahran |
| In office 10 November 1945 – 7 November 1947 | |
| Preceded by | William Haworth |
| Succeeded by | Roy Schilling |
| Constituency | Albert Park |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Daniel Crean 28 February 1916 Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Mary Findlay (m. 1945) |
| Children | Simon David Stephen |
| Alma mater | Hamilton High School University of Melbourne |
Francis Daniel Crean (28 February 1916 – 2 December 2008) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1951 to 1977, representing the Labor Party. He was a minister in the Whitlam government, including as Treasurer from 1972 to 1974 and the fifth deputy prime minister for a few months in 1975.
Crean was born in
Early life
Crean was born in
In 1946, Crean married Mary Findlay, with whom he had three sons. One of these, Simon Crean, was the federal Labor leader from 2001 to 2003. Another, David Crean, became a minister in the state Labor government in Tasmania. His third son, Stephen, became lost while skiing and died in a blizzard near Charlotte Pass in August 1985. A massive search failed to find him. His remains were found more than two years later.[1]
Politics
In 1945 Crean was elected to the
In July 1975 Whitlam sacked Cairns over his involvement in the
He held this position until the
Later years
From 1978 to 2004, Crean was chairman of the New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre.[3] In July 2006 it was reported that he was too frail to travel interstate for Gough Whitlam's 90th birthday function.
Crean died following a short illness on 2 December 2008, the 36th anniversary of the election of the Whitlam government in 1972.[4]
References
- ^ Wright, Tony (30 January 2018). "Mary Crean, political matriarch and 'sharp enough to be a PM', dies at 103". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Whitlam criticised". The Canberra Times. 15 July 1975. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Australian Government notice: "State Funeral: The Honourable Frank Crean", The Age, 9 December 2008
- ^ "Former minister Frank Crean dies". The Australian. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
Bibliography
ISBNs for the books listed. . (April 2015) |
- Frith, Marion (1995). "Family Politics--Like Father, Like Son." The Age. 24 June.
- Griffiths, Tony (2005). Beautiful Lies: Australia From Menzies to Howard. Kent Town: Wakefield Press.
- Smyth, Paul (1994). Australian Social Policy: The Keynesian Chapter. Sydney: New South Wales University Press.
- Stewart Ian (1974). "Inflation Troubles Australian Labor Party." The New York Times. 8 October.
- Trumbull, Robert (1973). "Problems Cloud Whitlam's Image." The New York Times. 4 February.
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