Date of Birth: 20/04/1918
Place of Birth: Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 23/09/2006
Place of Death:
Parliamentary Service
| Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Tourism |
03 Jan 1975 |
16 Dec 1975 |
11 months 14 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways |
03 Dec 1973 |
03 Jan 1975 |
1 year 1 month 1 day |
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| Member for Orange |
17 Nov 1973 |
16 Dec 1975 |
2 years 1 month |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways |
17 Jan 1973 |
03 Dec 1973 |
10 months 17 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways |
19 Jun 1972 |
17 Jan 1973 |
6 months 30 days |
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| Acting Premier and Treasurer |
20 Apr 1972 |
13 Jun 1972 |
1 month 25 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science |
11 Mar 1971 |
19 Jun 1972 |
1 year 3 months 9 days |
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| Member for Orange |
13 Feb 1971 |
19 Oct 1973 |
2 years 8 months 7 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science |
11 Feb 1969 |
11 Mar 1971 |
2 years 1 month 1 day |
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| Acting Premier and Treasurer |
17 May 1968 |
23 Jun 1968 |
1 month 7 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science |
05 Mar 1968 |
11 Feb 1969 |
11 months 7 days |
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| Member for Orange |
24 Feb 1968 |
13 Jan 1971 |
2 years 10 months 21 days |
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| Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science |
13 May 1965 |
05 Mar 1968 |
2 years 9 months 22 days |
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| Member for Orange |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Member for Orange |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for Orange |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for Orange |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for Orange |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for Orange |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Orange |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
03 May 1947 |
16 Dec 1975 |
28 years 7 months 14 days |
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Political Party Activity
Country Party. Joined in 1944, Deputy Leader in 1958, Leader 1959 - 1975. In mid 1974 led New South Wales at Premier's Conference and Loan Council.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Office worker. Educated at Orange Rural and High schools; employed by Producers Co-operative Distributing Society Limited, Orange from 1934 until 1939, 1946 until 1947; sportswriter for the 'Bathurst Times' from 1946 until 1947. Director of Sun Alliance Insurance Group 1976 - 1978. Chairman of Sun Alliance Insurance Group 1978 - 1988.
Military Service
Served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) from 1940 until 1945, 2/17th battalion, Tobruk and Syria, wounded at El Alamein, later in South West Pacific in Morotai, Labuan and Borneo. member of Citizen Military Forces 1938 - 1940, Lieutenant- Colonel in Citizen Military Forces 1948 - 1960, transferred to reserve in 1960. Awarded the Efficiency Decoration (ED) in 1959.
Honours Received
Honorary D.Litt. at Newcastle University in 1970. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1973.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Cutler, farmer, and Elizabeth Booth. Married Dorothy Pascoe on 4 March 1943 and had issue, 1 daughter and 3 sons. Church of England.
Additional Information
Member of Former Members of New South Wales Parliament Association.
Ken Turner and Michael Hogan (editors), The Worldly Art of Politics, Sydney,
Federation Press, 2006 (Chapter 15: "Charles Cutler: A lesson in Coalition
partnership with Premier Askin", by Paul; Davey, page 172)
