Mr John Charles HUNT (1856 - 1930)

Date of Birth: 27/06/1856
Place of Birth: Dural, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 23/03/1930
Place of Death: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	10 Sep 1907	18 Feb 1920	12yr(s) 5mth(s) 9day(s)
Member for Sherbrooke	10 Sep 1907	14 Sep 1910	3yr(s) 5day(s)	21st (1907 - 1910)
Member for Sherbrooke	14 Oct 1910	6 Nov 1913	3yr(s) 24day(s)	22nd (1910 - 1913)
Member for Camden	6 Dec 1913	21 Feb 1917	3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s)	23rd (1913 - 1917)
Member for Camden	24 Mar 1917	18 Feb 1920	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s)	24th (1917 - 1920)
Library Committee No. 3	11 Mar 1914	18 Apr 1914	1mth 8days	23rd (1913 - 1917)
Library Committee No. 3	22 Jul 1914	23 Feb 1915	7mths 2days	23rd (1913 - 1917)
Library Committee No. 6	2 Jul 1915	13 Apr 1916	9mths 12days	23rd (1913 - 1917)
Application of Micheal Devitt for a Mining Lease at the Peaks Committee No. 11	10 Aug 1915	13 Apr 1916	8mths 4days	23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party and reformist; National

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1892

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Orchardist and Grazier. Educated at Parramatta Public School and Newington College; joined father on orchard c.1873; after fathers death moved to Parramatta, member of firm Hunt Brothers Limited; owner of Burdenda station on Bogan River; president of Castle Hill Agricultural and Horticultural Association (1907); vice president of Fruitgrowers' Union in 1907; member of Carlingford-Dural Railway League in 1903; Orangeman.

Local Government Activity

Councillor of Hornsby shire from 1906 until 1907, President in 1907

Personal

Son of George Thomas Hunt, orchardist, and Elizabeth Williams. Married Annie Marie Golledge on 29 May 1879 and had issue, 3 daughters and 5 sons. Methodist. Funeral at Methodist cemetery at Dural.

Additional Information

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