Frank Pollard (28 May 1870 – 13 October 1951) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to yeoman Richard Watson Pollard and Emma Kellock Haswell. He migrated to Australia around 1888 and worked as a butcher. On 27 April 1892 he married Caroline Colbran, with whom he had two children. He was active in the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, serving as

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state secretary from 1918 to 1941 and as federal president from 1931 to 1936. He was a founding member of the Labor Party, and was a member of the

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from 1931 to 1934. Pollard died in

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in 1951.

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1870 births 1951 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council British emigrants to Australia People from Paignton {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub