Col Bennett

**Colin James Bennett** (10 ga Mayu 1919 - 12 ga Yuni 2002) lauya ne kuma memba na Majalisar Dokokin Queensland.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Bennett a Townsville, Queensland, ga iyayensa Walter Henry Bennett da matarsa Olive Gertrude Jessica (wadda aka haifa a Gordon). Ya yi karatu a makarantun firamare na Katolika da na jiha, sannan ya halarci Kwalejin St Joseph, Nudgee a Brisbane da Jami'ar Queensland inda ya karanci shari'a kuma ya zama shugaban Majalisar Dalibai ta Jami'ar Queensland.

A shekarar 1941, ya fara aikinsa na lauya a matsayin magatakardar shari'a kafin ya yi shekara guda a matsayin babban magatakardar lissafi a Makarantar Grammar Brisbane a shekarar 1942. Bennett ya shiga RAAF a shekarar 1943, yana riƙe da matsayin jagoran jirgin sama lokacin da aka sallame shi a watan Yuli, 1945.  Bayan yaƙin, Bennett ya shiga Ofishin Lauyoyi na Commonwealth Crown, yana aiki a can na tsawon shekaru uku har sai da ya fara aikinsa na sirri a matsayin lauya a shekarar 1948.

## Aikin siyasa
Bennett ya fara shiga siyasa ne a shekarar 1949 lokacin da ya lashe gundumar Kurilpa ta Majalisar Birnin Brisbane a matsayin Jam'iyyar Labour a zaben maye gurbin Thomas Moores, wanda ya koma siyasar jiha.  Ya jagoranci Jam'iyyar Labour ta Municipal na tsawon shekaru goma kuma daga 1952 zuwa 1955 ya kasance Mataimakin Magajin Gari ga Frank Roberts . Daga nan ya yi ritaya a matsayin Alderman a 1961.

A zaɓen Queensland na 1960, Bennett ya kasance ɗan takara a South Brisbane inda abokin hamayyarsa shine tsohon firayim ministan ALP Vince Gair, wanda tun daga 1957 yake jagorantar Jam'iyyar Labour ta Queensland . Bennett ya kayar da Gair, kuma ya ci gaba da riƙe kujerar har sai da, tare da Ed Casey [1] da Merv Thackeray, [2] suka ƙi amincewa da shi kafin zaɓen jiha na 1972. Bennett ya tsaya a matsayin mai zaman kansa kuma ya sami kashi 19.6 cikin ɗari na ƙuri'un amma ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Labour, Fred Bromley, ya kayar da shi.

A shekarar 1962, an yi zargin cin hanci da rashawa game da Rundunar 'Yan sandan Queensland, musamman Kwamishina Frank Bischof . Bennett ya yi tsokaci kan muhawarar a daidai lokacin da jama'a ke korafi da rashin daukar mataki mai kyau daga Bischof. An gudanar da Kwamitin Sarauta don bincika wadannan ikirarin, musamman batun karuwanci da ake gudanarwa daga Otal din Kasa da ke Brisbane. An gabatar da rahoto a watan Afrilun 1964 amma shekara guda bayan haka Bennett ya sake tabo batutuwan rashin da'a na 'yan sanda kuma daga baya aka dakatar da shi daga majalisar na tsawon kwanaki 5.

An san Bennett da "ɓatar da kansa da dunkulewar hannu" a wasu lokutan. A watan Disamba na 1963, ya naushi Greg Kehoe, tsohon ɗan jam'iyyar Labour wanda ya tsaya takara da Bennett a matsayin ɗan takarar QLP a zaɓen jihar da aka gudanar watanni shida da suka gabata. Dole ne a kai Kehoe asibiti da karyewar haƙori. Kehoe shi ma ya karye da yatsa yayin da yake ƙoƙarin ramawa. Ya sha yin faɗa da Tom Aikens kuma a wani lokaci Aikens ya yi zargin cewa wani "mai kunci" Mista Bennett ya sauke tayoyi huɗu na wata mota da aka ajiye a gidansa da ke Inns of Court.

Bennett memba ne mai himma a Jam'iyyar Labour. Ya taɓa zama sakataren reshen Coorparoo kuma tsawon shekaru 20 ya kasance shugaban Hukumar Gudanarwa ta Tarayya ta Griffith.

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