Harold Collins (Australian politician)
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Hon
|name = Harold Collins
|honorific-suffix =
|image = StateLibQld 1 211192 Harold Henry Collins.jpg
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Cook
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 11 May 1935
| term_end1 = 29 April 1950
| predecessor1 = James Kenny
| successor1 = Seat abolished
| constituency_AM2 = Tablelands
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 29 April 1950
| term_end2 = 3 August 1957
| predecessor2 = Seat established
| successor2 = Tom Gilmore Sr.
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|8|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1962|7|12|1887|8|9|df=y}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = Hemmant Cemetery
|birthname = Harold Henry Collins
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
|otherparty = Queensland Labor Party
|spouse = Barbara Catherine Annie McCraw (m. 1915 d. 1958)
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Dairy farmer, Maize grower
| relations =
}}
Harold Henry Collins (9 August 1887 – 12 July 1962) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/collins-harold-henry-9793 Collins, Harold Henry (1887–1962)] – Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 26 January 2015.
Politics
Collins was a member of the Tinaroo Shire Council from 1916 to 1917.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=151595254|accessdate= 25 January 2015}}
Collins was the Labor member for Cook in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1935 to 1950 and for Tablelands from 1950 to 1957, when he defected to the breakaway Queensland Labor Party.
Later life
Collins died in 1962. He was accorded a State funeral and buried in Brisbane's Hemmant Cemetery.[https://archive.today/20150125231203/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=18636 Collins Harold Henry] – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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Category:Queensland Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland