death_date birth_place title nationality party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
20 november 1979 hamilton , new south wales senator for new south wales australian labor -lrb- n-c -rrb- -lrb- 1940 & ndash ; 41 -rrb- -lrb- labor -lrb- 1941 & ndash ; 65 -rrb- 1938 & ndash ; 40 -rrb- labor 2 april 1900 1 july 1938 stanley amour.jpg stan amour
 30 june 1965 stan amour insurance agent
stan amour

stanley kerin `` stan '' amour -lrb- 2 april 1900 -- 29 november 1979 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in hamilton , new south wales , he was educated at catholic schools before becoming an insurance agent .
he served in the military from 1915-1917 .
in 1937 , he was elected to the australian senate as a labor senator for new south wales .
he was selected largely because his surname began with a , as did the other three candidates , bill ashley , john armstrong and tom arthur .
after leaving the alp briefly for the langite australian labor party -lrb- non-communist -rrb- , amour served in the senate for over 20 years , retiring in 1965 .
he died in 1979 .
