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Mr David Benjamin HUNTER (1905 - 1981)
Date of Birth: 05/09/1905
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 31/08/1981
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
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End
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Member for Ashfield
17 Nov 1973
02 Apr 1976
2 years 4 months 17 days
Member for Ashfield
13 Feb 1971
19 Oct 1973
2 years 8 months 7 days
Member for Ashfield
24 Feb 1968
13 Jan 1971
2 years 10 months 21 days
Member for Ashfield-Croydon
01 May 1965
23 Jan 1968
2 years 8 months 24 days
Member for Ashfield-Croydon
03 Mar 1962
31 Mar 1965
3 years 29 days
Member for Ashfield-Croydon
21 Mar 1959
05 Feb 1962
2 years 10 months 16 days
Member for Croydon
03 Mar 1956
16 Feb 1959
2 years 11 months 14 days
Member for Croydon
14 Feb 1953
06 Feb 1956
2 years 11 months 24 days
Member for Croydon
25 May 1950
14 Jan 1953
2 years 7 months 21 days
Member for Croydon
03 May 1947
22 May 1950
3 years 20 days
Member for Croydon
27 May 1944
29 Mar 1947
2 years 10 months 3 days
Member for Croydon
10 May 1941
24 Apr 1944
2 years 11 months 15 days
Member for Croydon
07 Sep 1940
18 Apr 1941
7 months 12 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly
07 Sep 1940
02 Apr 1976
35 years 6 months 27 days
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Councillor of United Australia Party (UAP) 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1942
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Insurance broker. Educated at New South Wales Institute for Deaf and Blind Children; insurance broker and adviser; honorary treasurer; later became a life member of the Blinded Servicemen's Club; vice president of Royal New South Wales Institute for Deaf and Blind Children; chairman of Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children; member of Royal Australian Historical Society; president of Savage Club
Military Service
Honours Received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Hunter, commercial traveller, from Yorkshire, England and Mary Selina Bennett. Unmarried. Church of England.
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