Malcolm Joseph Gladman (1915 – 26 August 1987) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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, and worked in a store and as a fruit picker and wharf labourer. He served in

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and became a clerk with the

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factory at

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. He was secretary of the local sub-branch of the cold storage union, and president of the Warrnambool branch of the Labor Party. In 1952 he was elected to the

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for

, and from 1953 to 1955 was Assistant Minister of Lands, Soldier Settlement and Conservation. In 1955 his seat was abolished and he was defeated contesting

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. Gladman died in 1987.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gladman, Malcolm 1915 births 1987 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians