- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1977
- Occupation
- Activist and Politician
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Fred Paterson was the first Australian communist elected to be a member of Parliament. He elected to the Queensland Parliament by the electors of Bowen in 1944.
See Diane Menghetti, 'Paterson, Frederick Woolnough (Fred) (1897 - 1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
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- 'First Communist MLA: Paterson wins Bowen', Tribune (Sydney), no. 47 (New series), 20 April 1944. [
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