Sir Charles Benjamin CUTLER (1918 - 2006)

Date of Birth: 20/04/1918
Place of Birth: Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 23/09/2006

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	3 May 1947	16 Dec 1975	28yr(s) 7mth(s) 14day(s)
Member for Orange	3 May 1947	22 May 1950	3yr(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for Orange	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Orange	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Orange	3 Mar 1956	16 Feb 1959	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)	38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for Orange	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Orange	3 Mar 1962	31 Mar 1965	3yr(s) 29day(s)	40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Orange	1 May 1965	23 Jan 1968	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)	41st (1965 - 1968)
Member for Orange	24 Feb 1968	13 Jan 1971	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)	42nd (1968 - 1971)
Member for Orange	13 Feb 1971	19 Oct 1973	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)	43rd (1971 - 1973)
Member for Orange	17 Nov 1973	16 Dec 1975	2yr(s) 30day(s)	44th (1973 - 1976)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science	13 May 1965	5 Mar 1968	2yr(s) 9mth(s) 22day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science	5 Mar 1968	11 Feb 1969	11mth(s) 7day(s)
Acting Premier and Treasurer	17 May 1968	23 Jun 1968	1mth(s) 7day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science	11 Feb 1969	11 Mar 1971	2yr(s) 1mth(s) 1day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science	11 Mar 1971	19 Jun 1972	1yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s)
Acting Premier and Treasurer	20 Apr 1972	13 Jun 1972	1mth(s) 25day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways	19 Jun 1972	17 Jan 1973	6mth(s) 30day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways	17 Jan 1973	3 Dec 1973	10mth(s) 17day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Highways	3 Dec 1973	3 Jan 1975	1yr(s) 1mth(s) 1day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Tourism	3 Jan 1975	16 Dec 1975	11mth(s) 14day(s)

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.

Community Activity

Vice-President of Orange Returned Serviceman's Leagues Club from 1946 until 1947; president of Orange Apex Club in 1946 and of district rugby union.

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.

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)

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