Reginald John David "Spot" Turnbull (21 February 1908 – 17 July 2006) was an Australian politician.
He was a member of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart.
The Assembly has 25 m ...
from 1946 to 1961 (1946–1959 for the
Labor Party, 1959–1961 as an Independent),
then a
Senator for
Tasmania
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from
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
until
1974.
Though he was elected Senator each time as an Independent,
[ he briefly served as leader of the ]Australia Party
The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As the Australia Party, it became influential, particularly in the landmark 1972 federal election when its preferences assisted the Austr ...
from August 1969 to January 1970.
References
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1908 births
2006 deaths
Members of the Australian Senate
Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania
Treasurers of Tasmania
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Independent members of the Parliament of Australia
Mayors of Launceston, Tasmania
Australian military personnel of World War II
Australian Army officers
Australian military doctors
20th-century Australian medical doctors
University of Melbourne alumni
People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
Recipients of the Centenary Medal
Politicians from Shanghai
Chinese emigrants to Australia
Australia Party politicians
Australia Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania
20th-century Australian politicians
Tasmanian local councillors