Charles Walter Sandford (11 September 1895 – 22 October 1966) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, 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

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he was a public servant. In 1946 he was elected to the

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as a

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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

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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

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was appointed to replace him.

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1895 births 1966 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria Members of the Australian Senate 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-senator-stub