Australian social worker and politician

Andrew Bartlett

Andrew John Julian Bartlett is an Australian politician, social worker, academic, and social campaigner who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2018. He represented the Australian Democrats in his first stint in the Senate, including as party leader from 2002 to 2004 and deputy leader from 2004 to 2008. In November 2017, he returned to the Senate as a member of the Australian Greens, replacing Larissa Waters after her disqualification during the parliamentary eligibility crisis. He resigned from the Senate in August 2018 in an unsuccessful attempt to win the House of Representatives seat of Brisbane, allowing Waters to fill his seat in advance of the 2019 election.

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1964

August 4

Died

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Key dates

1964 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

598 Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1327 First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. Sebastian, King of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.

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The world in 1964

When Andrew arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 4

Albert M. Greenfield 1887– Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967) Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Dennis Lehane 1965– American author, screenwriter, and producer James Springer White 1821–1881 American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1881) Jessica Mauboy 1989– Australian singer-songwriter and actress John Venn 1834–1923 English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (born 1834) Lil Skies 1998– American rapper Roger Clemens 1962– American baseball player and actor Taher Saifuddin 1888–1965 Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 1965)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1964

Abhisit Vejjajiva 1964– English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Brian Adams 1964–2007 American wrestler (died 2007) Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress CeCe Winans 1964– American singer-songwriter

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