Frank Courtnay should not be confused with Frank Courtney.
Frank Courtnay | |
Constituency Mp: | Darebin |
Parliament: | Australian |
Predecessor: | Robert Holt |
Successor: | Division abolished |
Term Start: | 22 November 1958 |
Term End: | 29 September 1969 |
Birth Date: | 1903 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Occupation: | Plumber |
Frank Courtnay (6 June 1903 - 31 March 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at state schools and then the Working Men's College before becoming a dairy farmer and later a plumber. He was Victorian and then national secretary of the Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union of Australia. In 1958, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Darebin. He held Darebin until its abolition in 1969, at which point he retired. Courtnay died in 1980.[1]