Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton (17 January 1912 – 12 June 2009) was an Australian politician. He was born in Smithton. In 1957 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, succeeding his uncle

Arthur Fenton Arthur Benjamin Fenton (21 October 1882 – 13 June 1962) was an Australian politician. He was born in Wynyard, Tasmania, the son of Charles Fenton, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. In 1933 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legi ...

. He was Chair of Committees from 1971 to 1972 and President of the Council from 1972 to his retirement in 1981. On 3 December 1975 he was appointed to the Executive Council to commemorate the 150th anniversary of its first sitting.

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