Max Poulter

Dr Max Poulter
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1962  2 September 1962
Succeeded by George Whiteside
Personal details
Born 1913
Devonport, Tasmania
Died 2 September 1962 (aged 4849)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater University of Tasmania
Columbia University
Occupation Lecturer

Maxwell William "Max" Poulter (1913 2 September 1962) was an Australian politician. Born in Devonport, Tasmania, he was educated at Devonport High School and then studied at the University of Tasmania, before becoming a teacher at Tasmanian state schools. He studied for a PhD at Columbia University in New York, winning his doctorate in 1952, after which he became a lecturer in education at the University of Queensland. He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1961 as a Labor Senator for Queensland, taking his seat in July 1962; however, less than three months later, he died, necessitating the appointment of George Whiteside to fill the vacancy.[1]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-16.


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