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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
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 7 Sep 1940 | 2 Apr 1976 | 35yr(s) 6mth(s) 27day(s) | | |
| Member for Croydon | 7 Sep 1940 | 18 Apr 1941 | 7mth(s) 12day(s) | 32nd (1938 - 1941) |  |
| Member for Croydon | 10 May 1941 | 24 Apr 1944 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) | 33rd (1941 - 1944) | |
| Member for Croydon | 27 May 1944 | 29 Mar 1947 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) | 34th (1944 - 1947) | |
| Member for Croydon | 3 May 1947 | 22 May 1950 | 3yr(s) 20day(s) | 35th (1947 - 1950) | |
| Member for Croydon | 25 May 1950 | 14 Jan 1953 | 2yr(s) 7mth(s) 21day(s) | 36th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Croydon | 14 Feb 1953 | 6 Feb 1956 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s) | 37th (1953 - 1956) | |
| Member for Croydon | 3 Mar 1956 | 16 Feb 1959 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s) | 38th (1956 - 1959) | |
| Member for Ashfield-Croydon | 21 Mar 1959 | 5 Feb 1962 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s) | 39th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Ashfield-Croydon | 3 Mar 1962 | 31 Mar 1965 | 3yr(s) 29day(s) | 40th (1962 - 1965) | |
| Member for Ashfield-Croydon | 1 May 1965 | 23 Jan 1968 | 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s) | 41st (1965 - 1968) | |
| Member for Ashfield | 24 Feb 1968 | 13 Jan 1971 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s) | 42nd (1968 - 1971) | |
| Member for Ashfield | 13 Feb 1971 | 19 Oct 1973 | 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s) | 43rd (1971 - 1973) | |
| Member for Ashfield | 17 Nov 1973 | 2 Apr 1976 | 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s) | 44th (1973 - 1976) | |
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Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Councillor of United Australia Party (UAP) 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1942
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
Honours Received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975
Personal
Son of George Hunter, commercial traveller, from Yorkshire, England and Mary Selina Bennett. Unmarried. Church of England.
Additional Information
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