Martin Louis Collaton (11 August 1887 – 25 November 1963) was an Australian politician who represented the

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from 1931 to 1933. Elected for the Lang Labor Party, he defected to the Labor Party while in office. He worked in the iron trade, in wool, wheat and timber yards and in the

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mines before becoming state secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association. He won a 1931 by-election for the new Lang Labor Party.

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1887 births 1963 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub