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May 02, 1918 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Died on 05 May 1989 (aged 71)
Australian politician
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- Randolph John "Dolph" Eddy (2 May 1918 – 5 May 1989) was an Australian politician. Born in Richmond to driver Randolph Edgar Eddy and Myrtle Truscott, he was educated at local state schools and Richmond Technical College, becoming a cabinet maker and upholsterer.
- On 29 July 1941 he married Hazel May Morgan, with whom he had two sons.
- He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1943 to 1945 as a corporal in the Pacific Islands Light AA Unit.
- Having joined the Labor Party he became president of the Clifton Hill branch from 1952 to 1955 and president of the Furnishing Trade Union from 1959 to 1962.
- In 1955 he was elected to Collingwood City Council on which he would serve until 1976; he was mayor from 1957 to 1958 and from 1967 to 1968.
- In 1970 Eddy was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Doutta Galla Province, transferring to Thomastown in 1976.
- He was the opposition spokesman on social welfare from 1976 to 1979 and Labor whip from 1976 to 1982, when he lost preselection and retired.
