Archie Benn | |
Senator for Queensland | |
Term Start: | 1 July 1950 |
Term End: | 30 June 1968 |
Birth Date: | 1897 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Branxholme, Victoria |
Death Place: | Paddington, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Occupation: | Public servant |
Archibald Malcolm Benn (20 January 1897 – 3 April 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Branxholme, Victoria, he was educated in Melbourne before moving to Queensland as a teenager where he worked as a shearer, and later as a public servant.[1] He was Director of Labour in Queensland during World War II. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until his term expired in 1968. Benn died in 1980 in Melbourne.[2]