Peter Symon
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Peter Dudley Symon was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia between 1972 to 2008.
Mr Symon was a member of the Central Committee of the original Communist Party of Australia
(formed in 1920, disbanded in 1991), and was one of the hundreds who either resigned or were expelled from that party in 1971. He was a foundation member of the newly created Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) formed in December that year and was elected General Secretary at its first Congress. He joined the CPA during the Spanish Civil War, age 16. He served in the army then air force during the second world war and then worked as a waterside labourer in Adelaide.
The SPA changed its name to the Communist Party of Australia at its 1996 Congress. Mr Symon's position as General Secretary was reconfirmed after the Party's 10th Congress in 2005.
Mr Symon was a member of the Central Committee of the original Communist Party of Australia
Communist Party of Australia
The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991; it was succeeded by the Socialist Party of Australia, which then renamed itself, becoming the current Communist Party of Australia. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s and faced an attempted...
(formed in 1920, disbanded in 1991), and was one of the hundreds who either resigned or were expelled from that party in 1971. He was a foundation member of the newly created Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) formed in December that year and was elected General Secretary at its first Congress. He joined the CPA during the Spanish Civil War, age 16. He served in the army then air force during the second world war and then worked as a waterside labourer in Adelaide.
The SPA changed its name to the Communist Party of Australia at its 1996 Congress. Mr Symon's position as General Secretary was reconfirmed after the Party's 10th Congress in 2005.