Daniel Curtin

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Daniel James Curtin (4 February 1898 – 4 February 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at a Catholic primary school before becoming a boilermaker and organiser of the Boilermakers' Society. In 1949, he was preselected by the Australian Labor Party to contest the safe Labor seat of Watson, displacing the sitting member, Sydney Falstein, who contested the seat as an independent. Curtin won the seat, which he held until 1955, when he transferred to the seat of Kingsford-Smith. He held Kingsford-Smith until 1969, when he retired from politics. Curtin died on his birthday in 1980.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Sydney Falstein	Member for Watson 1949 – 1955	Succeeded by James Cope
Preceded by Gordon Anderson	Member for Kingsford-Smith 1955 – 1969	Succeeded by Lionel Bowen

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NAME	Curtin, Daniel James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	4 February 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	4 February 1980
PLACE OF DEATH