K. E. Beazley

Kim Edward Beazley AO was an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Northam, Western Australia in 1903 and educated at Perth Modern, Beazley grew up in Fremantle and worked as a teacher. He later studied politics at the University of Western Australia and achieved a Master of Arts with honours from the Australian National University. Beazley joined the Australian Labor Party and, in 1945, at the age of 27, became the youngest federal Member of Parliament when elected as the Member for the electoral Division of Fremantle in the House of Representatives, a seat which he would hold for 32 years. Under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Beazley served as the Ministe…