Fred Van Buren (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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About Fred Van Buren (politician)
- Charles Frederick "Fred" Van Buren (20 June 1936 – 11 September 2006) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kollupitiya in Ceylon, where he was educated.
- His father, Charles Frederick Guy Van Buren, was a Dutch burgher, while his mother, Blossom Isabella Enright, was of Eurasian descent.
- He worked as a printer, and after moving to Australia was an organiser with the Labor Party's Victorian branch from 1974 to 1985.
- In 1985 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eumemmerring, serving until he was defeated in 1992.
- Van Buren died in 2006.
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