Alan Charles Bird (28 September 1906 – 21 July 1962) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he was educated at state primary schools in Melbourne and at Melbourne High School before becoming an engineer. As an official with the Amalgamated Engineers' Union, he was associated with the Australian Labor Party. Bird was elected to Northcote City Council in 1930 at the age of only twenty-fourAndrew Lemon (1983), ''The Northcote Side of the River'', Hargreen Publishing Company, North Melbourne, p. 226. and served continuously on the Council for the remainder of his life. Twice (in 1940–1941, and again in 1958–1959) he served as Northcote's mayor.Lemon, page 260 He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1949 as the Labor member for

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. The demands made by Bird's concurrent service on both Northcote Council and the federal parliament were certainly prejudicial to his health. He died in July 1962.

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