Date of Birth: 03/04/1881
Place of Birth: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 09/05/1962
Place of Death: Moruya, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Chairman of Committees |
12 Apr 1938 |
18 Apr 1941 |
3 years 7 days |
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| Member for Monaro |
26 Mar 1938 |
18 Apr 1941 |
3 years 24 days |
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| Chairman of Committees |
12 Jun 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 8 months 13 days |
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| Member for Monaro |
11 May 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 9 months 14 days |
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| Chairman of Committees |
22 Jun 1933 |
12 Apr 1935 |
1 year 9 months 22 days |
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| Member for Monaro |
11 Jun 1932 |
12 Apr 1935 |
2 years 10 months 2 days |
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| Member for Monaro |
25 Oct 1930 |
18 May 1932 |
1 year 6 months 24 days |
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| Member for Monaro |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Sep 1930 |
2 years 11 months 11 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Apr 1941 |
13 years 6 months 11 days |
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Political Party Activity
Country party, councillor in 1932.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Grazier. Educated at Horton College in Tasmania; graduated as a woolclasser from 1901 until 1909; became a grazier at Rock Flat, Cooma. Retired to Tuross Head in 1950; member of Graziers' Association, president of Cooma district, member of general council from 1923 until 1925, 1936 until 1929; life member of Farmers and Settlers Association; president of Cooma Pastoral and Agricultural Association and Cooma Race Club; Freemason.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Richard Hedges, sugar planter, and Beatrice Ida Billyard on 30 December 1909 and had issue, 2 daughters and 2 sons. Church of England. Buried in Cooma.
