Ken Aldred
| Ken Aldred | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Henty |
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In office 13 December 1975 – 18 October 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Child |
| Succeeded by | Joan Child |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bruce |
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In office 28 May 1983 – 24 March 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Billy Snedden |
| Succeeded by | Julian Beale |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Deakin |
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In office 24 March 1990 – 29 January 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Beale |
| Succeeded by | Phil Barresi |
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Kenneth James Aldred 1 August 1945 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 17 April 2016 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Kenneth James "Ken" Aldred (1 August 1945 – 17 April 2016) was an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives between 1975 and 1980 and again from 1983 to 1996.
Aldred was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, on 1 August 1945. He was educated at Melbourne High School and Monash University, and held the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Master of Administration from Monash University.
During 1970–71 he was Special Projects Officer in the Commonwealth Public Service Board in Melbourne. This was followed by two years in the period 1971–73, as Management Training Officer at the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea. Though principally based in Port Moresby, Aldred also had responsibility for running management courses in several of PNG’s major regional centres.
In June 1973 Aldred returned to the Commonwealth Public Service Board in Melbourne as Industrial Information Officer. Later that year he was appointed Senior Industry Survey Officer in the Commonwealth Industries Assistance Commission, also in Melbourne. He remained there until elected to Federal Parliament in December 1975 as the Member for Henty.
From 1965 to 1971, Aldred served in the Australian Army Reserve. His first four years were in the Melbourne University Regiment (MUR) and the last two years as a lieutenant and platoon commander in the newly formed Monash University Regiment (Mon UR). He was also Assistant Adjutant of Mon UR, and founded and edited the joint regimental publication, The Military Review.
Aldred had a three-month attachment to the Australian Regular Army over the summer of 1968–69, as a sergeant instructor in 1 Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB) at Kapooka in New South Wales.
Upon election as federal member for Henty in the Australian House of Representatives in the Liberal landslide of 13 December 1975, Aldred assumed a very active role in Coalition and Parliamentary Committees. He chaired the Government Members' Small Business Committee, working closely with the Industry Minister, the late Sir Phillip Lynch, on small business policy formulation.
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