Richard Emanuel "Dick" Klugman (18 January 1924 – 21 February 2011) was an Austria

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n-born Australia

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n politician.

Born in Vienna

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, Austria

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, he migrated to Australia

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 in 1938 at the age of 14, and attended the University of Sydney

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. He became a doctor, and was resident medical officer at Royal North Shore Hospital

Royal North Shore Hospital

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 before becoming a general practitioner in western Sydney

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 in 1954.

In 1969, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Labor

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 member for the new seat of Prospect

Division of Prospect

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, the first MP since 1917 not born in the British Commonwealth. Klugman held the Prospect seat until his retirement in 1990.