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{{Short description|Australian  politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox MP
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| name = Ken Fry
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| image = Ken Fry 1974.jpg
| constituency_MP = [[Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory)|Fraser]]
| parliament = Australian
| majority = 
| predecessor = ''New seat''
| successor = [[John Langmore]]
| term_start = 18 May 1974
| term_end = 26 October 1984
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|11|8}}
| birth_place = [[Inverell]], [[New South Wales]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|10|10|1920|11|8}} 
| death_place = [[Broulee, New South Wales]]
| nationality = [[Australia]]n
| spouse = Audrey Clibbens
| party = ACT Community Party (1989)
| otherparty = [[Australian Labor Party]] (until 1989)
| relations = 
| children = 1 son, 2 daughters
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Hawkesbury Agricultural College]] 1938 <br> [[Australian National University]] 1973, 1981, 1993
| occupation = Farmer, business owner
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'''Kenneth Lionel Fry''' (8 November 1920{{spaced ndash}}10 October 2007) was a Member of the [[Australian House of Representatives]] representing [[Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory)|Fraser]], [[Australian Capital Territory]] for the [[Australian Labor Party]], from 1974 to 1984.

==Early years==
Fry was born in [[Inverell]], [[New South Wales]], the youngest of seven children, and spent many of his early years around [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]].<ref name="ACTHansard"/> He completed a diploma at the [[Hawkesbury Agricultural College]] in 1938.  During [[World War II]], he served in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]] from 1939 to 1945, including service in [[New Guinea campaign|New Guinea]], [[Borneo campaign (1945)|Borneo]] and [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II|South East Asia]].  He married Audrey Clibbens in 1946 and then worked in business and farming in the Bathurst district from 1947 to 1967. He joined the [[Australian Public Service]] in 1968 as an agricultural officer.  He completed a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] at the [[Australian National University]] (ANU) in 1973 and a [[Bachelor of Literature|BLitt]] in 1981.<ref name=anl>{{cite web
  | title =Papers of Kenneth Lionel Fry (1920- )
  | publisher =[[National Library of Australia]]
  | url =http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms5233 
  | accessdate = 2007-08-26}}</ref><ref name="SMHObit">{{cite news
  | author     = Wesley-Smith, Rob
  | title      = Ken Fry - Politician on a mission for Timor
  | publisher  = [[Fairfax Media]]
  | work       = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] 
  | url        = http://www.etan.org/et2007/october/20/16fry.htm
  | date       = 2007-10-16
  | accessdate = 2010-08-09}}</ref>

==Political career==
Fry was a member of the [[Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council]] from 1970 to 1974. In 1973, he was elected as the first president of the [[Australian Capital Territory]] [[Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)|branch of the Labor Party]]. In 1974 he was elected as the first member for [[Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory)|Fraser]]. From 1975, he became particularly involved in the campaign for the independence of [[East Timor]]. Subsequently, Fry addressed three international bodies on this issue: the UN Security Council in April 1976, the international conference on East Timor in Lisbon in May 1979 and the Permanent Peoples Tribunal hearing on East Timor in Lisbon in 1981.<ref name="ACTHansard">{{cite web
 |title        = Motion of condolence - Dr Ken Fry
 |publisher    = [[Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly|ACT Legislative Assembly]]
 |work         = [[Hansard]]
 |url          = http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2007/week10/2993.htm
 |date         = 2007-10-17
 |pages        = 2993–8
 |accessdate   = 2010-08-09
 |archive-date = 19 May 2019
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190519184245/http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2007/week10/2993.htm
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref><ref name="SMHObit"/> Fry retired from politics in 1984.<ref name=anl/>

==Life after politics==
After retiring from Parliament, Fry returned initially to study, completing his [[Doctorate of Philosophy|PhD]] in Australian history under the guidance of [[Manning Clark|Professor Manning Clark]] at ANU. Fry and his wife later retired to the South Coast of New South Wales.<ref name="ACTHansard"/>

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