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Life Summary

Name	Francis Daniel Crean
Born	28 February, 1916 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 December, 2008 (aged 92) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Crean, Simon Findlay (son) Whitlam, Edward Gough (colleague) Wheeler, Frederick Henry (public servant)
Education *	Melbourne High School (student, 1928-1933) University of Melbourne (student, 1935-1945)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1934-1945) Federal, Australia accountant (1937-1949) Victoria, Australia labour politician (1945-1947) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1945-1947) Victoria, Australia labour politician (1949-1951) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1951) Victoria, Australia labour politician (1951-1977) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1951-1977) Federal, Australia
Key Organisations *	Council of Adult Education (Vic) (chair) State Library of Victoria (trustee) Victorian Fabian Society (president)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, 1942-2008) ALP (Vic) (politician, 1945-1947) ALP (Vic) (politician, 1949-1951) ALP (federal) (politician, 1951-1977)
Workplaces *	Australian Taxation Office (public servant, 1934-1945) Parliament of Victoria (Leg. Assembly - member, 1945-1947) Parliament of Victoria (Leg. Assembly - member, 1949-1951) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1951-1977)

* Dates are approximate