Joseph Collings

Joseph Silver Collings (11 May 1865 – 20 June 1955) was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister. Collings was born in Brighton, England and educated at Brighton Board School and by his parents. He reported for the Sussex Daily News before emigrating with his parents to B... more

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  • May 11, 1865

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  • Jun 20, 1955 (age 90 years)

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Politician

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Office, position, or title Governmental body (if position is part of one) District represented (if position is district-related) From To
  • Jul 1932
  • Jun 1950

Australian Senator of Queensland

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