Charles Sandford (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Sandford (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1895

Place of Birth: Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1966

Profession: politician, civil servant, railway worker

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Walter Sandford (11 September 1895 – 22 October 1966) was an Australian politician. Born in Creswick, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker.
He served in the military from 1914 to 1918, and returned as an official with the Australian Railways Union.
During World War II he was a public servant. In 1946 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria, taking his seat in 1947.
He was defeated in 1955 (taking effect in 1956), but on 6 June 1957 he returned to the Senate, appointed to the casual vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Jack Devlin. In 1966, Sandford fell ill on board a flight from Hong Kong to Sydney, returning from the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Tehran; he died on 22 October at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
George Poyser was appointed to replace him.