Claude Fleck
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Claude Cropton Fleck (11 June 1889 – 23 July 1962) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Sydney to carpenter James William Fleck and Isabella Ellen, née McFarlane. He attended Cleveland Street Boys' High School before being apprenticed to a chemist; he was a registered pharmacist by 1910 and studied at the University of Sydney for his Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery (1923). From 1926 to 1941 he served on Granville Council (mayor 1939–41). He served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1932 to 1938 as the United Australia Party member for Granville.{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Dr Claude Cropton Fleck (1889–1962) |former=Yes |access-date=1 May 2019 |id=1484}}
Personal and death
Fleck married three times. Firstly, in 1923, he married Aimee Isabel Hinder, with whom he had a son. She died on 14 August 1939.{{cite news |date=17 August 1939 |title=Granville |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76297097 |accessdate=9 February 2025 |newspaper=The Biz |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} In June 1940 he married Dorothy Isabel Hinder, who died on 5 June 1950.{{cite news |date=26 June 1940 |title=Mayor Weds |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106211223 |accessdate=9 February 2025 |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=4531}}{{Cite news |date=1950-06-07 |title=Family Notices |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |via=Ryerson Index}} He next married Mary Cunninghame on 12 July 1952. Fleck died at Chatswood in 1962.
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Category:United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:Politicians from Sydney
Category:Mayors of places in New South Wales
Category:University of Sydney alumni
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