Barnett Francis Samuel "Frank" Allen (19 February 1882 – 18 October 1948) was an Australian politician. He was the

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member for Bulloo in the

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from 1909 to 1912.

Biography

Allen was born in Swan Creek,

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, the son of Robert Allen and his wife Jane (née Grayson). He was educated at East

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, Swan Creek, Freestone, and

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and spent his working life as a teacher, working at various schools around southern Queensland. In December 1917 Allen joined the

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to fight in

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. He embarked from Sydney on the S.S. ''

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'' in October the next year. On 13 December 1909 he married Edith Alison Chisholm (died 1974)Family history research
— Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages. Retrieved 6 August 2016. at

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and together had four sons and a daughter. Allen died in October 1948 and is buried in

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.Allen Barnett Harris Samuel
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

Public career

Allen, representing the Labour Party, stood for the seat of Bulloo at the

1908 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 5 February 1908 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election, held less than 9 months after the previous election, was made necessary by a series of eve ...

but was defeated by the sitting member, John Leahy. A year later, there was another state election and by now Leahy had retired from politics. Allen won the election but was the member for only three years as the seat was abolished before the

1912 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premi ...

References

1882 births 1948 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Burials at Lutwyche Cemetery 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub