Barney French (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henry Bernard "Barney" French (7 August 1922 - 10 January 2005) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991. French was born in Camden, New South Wales, and served in the merchant navy from 1938 to 1945. In 1953 he became Assistant Secretary of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Workers' Union, and became Federal President in 1970, serving until 1980. He was married to Pat, with whom he had four children. An active member of the Australian Labor Party in the federal electorate of Blaxland and the state seat of Bankstown, he was Vice-President of the ALP for ten years.