Don Devitt

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = Don Devitt

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| title = Senator for Tasmania

| term_start = 1 July 1965

| term_end = 30 June 1978

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| birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|7|10|1921|7|11}}

| death_place = Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

| nationality = Australian

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| party = Labor

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Donald Michael Devitt (11 July 1921 – 10 July 2008){{cite web | title=Members of the Senate since 1901 | publisher=Australian Parliament House | url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;db=HANDBOOK;group=;holdingType=;id=handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2008-12-19%2F0076;orderBy=;page=;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2008-12-19%2F0071%22;}} was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a council clerk. He served in the military 1942–1945, after which he became a farmer and high school bursar. In 1964, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania. He held the seat until his retirement in 1977.{{Cite Au Senate |Sen id=devitt_donald-michael |name=DEVITT, Donald Michael (1921–2008) |first=Clive |last=Beauchamp |access-date=21 December 2022}}{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |access-date=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 |df=dmy }}