Peter Symon

Peter Dudley Symon (13 August 1922 – 18 December 2008) was the General Secretary of the Socialist Party of Australia (since 1996 Communist Party of Australia) from 1972 to 2008.[1]

Symon was a member of the Central Committee of the original Communist Party of Australia (formed in 1920, disbanded in 1991). He joined at the age of 16, and was one of the hundreds who either resigned or were expelled from the party in 1971. He was a foundation member of the newly created Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) formed in December that year, and was elected General Secretary at its first Congress.

In the Second World War, Symon served in the army, then the air force, and in later life worked as a waterside labourer in Adelaide.[2]

The SPA changed its name to the Communist Party of Australia at its 1996 Congress. Symon's position as General Secretary was reconfirmed after the Party's 10th Congress in 2005.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
none
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia
1996–2008
Succeeded by
Hannah Middleton
  1. Peter Symon, Communist Party of Australia.
  2. Rip-roaring speaker for Communist ideas, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 2009.



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