Alan Pittard | |
Honorific-Suffix: | OBE |
Constituency Mp: | Ballaarat |
Parliament: | Australian |
Predecessor: | Reg Pollard |
Successor: | Bob Joshua |
Term Start: | 10 December 1949 |
Term End: | 28 April 1951 |
Birth Date: | 1902 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ballarat, Victoria |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Occupation: | Shoe retailer |
Alan Crocker Pittard (15 November 1902 - 25 December 1992) was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat, Victoria to state politician Alfred Pittard, he attended Ballarat Grammar School before becoming a shoe retailer. He served on Ballarat City Council before serving in the military 1939–45. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Ballaarat. He was defeated by Labor's Bob Joshua in 1951, and returned to Ballarat as a businessman. He was later Commissioner of the Victorian Public Health Authority. Pittard died on Christmas Day 1992.[1]