
Eric Campbell in 1931.
Eric Campbell (11 April 1893-2 September 1970) was an Australian lieutenant-colonel and the leader of the fascist Centre Party from December 1933 to 11 May 1935.
Biography[]
Eric Campbell was born in Young, New South Wales, Australia on 11 April 1893, and he served as a Lieutenant in the Australian Army during World War I, fighting at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and being wounded in a gas attack in November 1917. In 1919, he became a solicitor in New South Wales, becoming a wealthy lawyer with powerful friends. In 1933, he founded the fascist Centre Party to oppose the socialist tendencies of Premier Jack Lang, and he polled 16.7% of the vote at the 1935 New South Wales state election, after which his party dissolved. He died in 1970.