death_date birth_place title nationality party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
28 april 1977 maryborough , victoria senator for victoria australian australian labor party 18 december 1897 1 july 1947 albion hendrickson.jpg bert hendrickson
 30 june 1971 bert hendrickson public servant
bert hendrickson

albion `` bert '' hendrickson -lrb- 18 december 1897 -- 28 april 1977 -rrb- was an australian politician .
he was educated at state schools in maryborough , victoria , before serving in the military from 1915-1918 .
he returned to become a public servant , and was an official with the australian postal workers ' union .
he was also employed as private secretary to victorian labor senator richard keane .
in 1946 , he was elected to the australian senate as a labor senator for victoria , taking his seat in 1947 .
he held the seat until his retirement in 1970 , taking effect in 1971 .
from 1968 to 1971 he was a joint father of the senate .
hendrickson died in 1977 .
