Allen Blanchard

{{Short description|Australian politician (1929–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Allen Blanchard | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = Moore | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = John Hyde | successor = Paul Filing | term_start = 5 March 1983 | term_end = 24 March 1990 | birth_name = Cecil Allen Blanchard | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|4|17}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|10|25|1929|4|17}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Hansard/senate/dailys/ds111108.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505054046/http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/dailys/ds111108.pdf |archivedate=5 May 2010 }}</ref> | death_place = | spouse = | party = Australian Labor Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = University of London | occupation = Criminologist | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Cecil Allen Blanchard''' (17 April 1929 – 25 October 2008) was an Australian federal politician.

==Biography== Born in London, England, Blanchard migrated to Australia, where he was educated at the Institute of Technology in Western Australia. He subsequently returned to England for tertiary education at the University of London, and later became a social worker and criminologist, before taking up a post as a training and staff development officer.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In 1983, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for the Division of Moore, defeating sitting Liberal member John Hyde. He held the seat until 1990, when a redistribution made his seat marginally Liberal. He opted to run for reelection, and was defeated by Liberal Paul Filing on a swing of six percent.<ref name=Psephos>{{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 |accessdate=2008-08-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723090718/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |archivedate=23 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1987, he headed an inquiry into the Aboriginal homelands movement in Australia, by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.<ref name=1987report>{{cite book | title=Inquiry into the Aboriginal homelands movement in Australia|date=March 1987 | via=Parliament of Australia | url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/reports/1987/1987PP125report | author=Parliament of Australia. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs| access-date=15 August 2020|others=Published online 12 June 2011|publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service |isbn=0-644-06201-0}} [https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/house/committee/reports/1987/1987_pp125a.pdf PDF]</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au}} {{succession box | title=Member for Moore | before=John Hyde| after=Paul Filing| years=1983–1990}} {{s-end}}

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