Michael J. Vernon, AM was a prominent Australian consumer rights activist. Vernon was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom in 1932 to John Ernest Vernon and Caroline Clark Vernon. In 1955, he emigrated to Australia, where he settled in Canberra. He was a joint founder of Canberra Consumer in 1962 and served on the Executive of Canberra Consumer until his death in 1993.
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- April 2, 1932
- Died
- November 6, 1993