Charles Lamp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Lamp

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1895

Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1972

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Adcock Lamp (3 September 1895 – 17 April 1972) was an Australian politician.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools in Queenstown before becoming an apprentice shipwright, blacksmith and railway worker.
After serving in the military 1914-1918, he became Tasmanian Secretary of the Australian Railways Union, and Secretary of the Launceston Trades Hall Council and the Tasmanian Labor Party.
In 1937 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania.
Defeated in 1949, he was later secretary of several unions.
Lamp died in 1972.