death_date birth_place title party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
17 april 1972 hobart , tasmania senator for tasmania labor 3 september 1895 1 july 1938 charles lamp.jpg charles lamp
 30 june 1950 charles lamp
charles lamp

charles adcock lamp -lrb- 3 september 1895 -- 17 april 1972 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in hobart , tasmania , he was educated at state schools in queenstown before becoming an apprentice shipwright , blacksmith and railway worker .
after serving in the military 1914-1918 , he became tasmanian secretary of the australian railways union , and secretary of the launceston trades hall council and the tasmanian labor party .
in 1937 he was elected to the australian senate as a labor senator for tasmania .
defeated in 1949 , he was later secretary of several unions .
lamp died in 1972 .
