Mr Herbert Middleton HAWKINS (1876 - 1939)

Date of Birth: 29/10/1876
Place of Birth: Brixton, England
Date of Death: 16/06/1939
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Jun 1932	22 Apr 1934	1yr(s) 10mth(s)	Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 17 June 1932.
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Apr 1934	16 Jun 1939	5yr(s) 1mth(s) 25day(s)	A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 7 November 1933. A Member before reconstitution.
Acting Minister for Labour and Industry	14 May 1935	4 Nov 1935	5mth(s) 22day(s)
Minister for Social Services	22 Aug 1935	13 Oct 1938	3yr(s) 1mth(s) 22day(s)
Acting Minister for Education	6 Jun 1936	12 Dec 1936	6mth(s) 7day(s)
Minister for Labour and Industry	13 Oct 1938	16 Jun 1939	8mth(s) 4day(s)
Minister without portfolio assisting Minister for Labour and Industry and Member of Executive Council	18 Jun 1932	5 Jan 1933	6mth(s) 19day(s)
Assistant Colonial Secretary	6 Jan 1933	21 Aug 1935	2yr(s) 7mth(s) 16day(s)
Representative of Government during absence of Vice-President of Executive Council	18 Feb 1936	29 Jul 1936	5mth(s) 12day(s)

Political Party Activity

National Party. Councillor from 1922 until 1927, 1929 until 1930, United Australia Party, councillor from 1932 until 1939

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1908

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Real estate agent. Educated at Westminster; arrived in Australia c.1895; became the managing director of H.W Horning and Company, auctioneers and real estate agents; Fellow of the Real Estate and Stock Institute of Australia, President associated with Real Estate Institute of Australia and of Real Estate Institute of New South Wales, member of the Federal Land and Valuation Board; honorary treasurer of United Charities Fund, Central Methodist Mission, Waverley War Memorial Hospital; councillor of New South Wales Alliance in 1917, vice president from 1918 until 1925, representative on Australian Prohibition Council in 1925

Personal

Son of Thomas Richardson, accountant, and Ann Butlers. Married (1) B.Buchanan on 5 November 1899 and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son. Married (2) Gwendoline Jupp in July 1938. Methodist. Funeral at Northern Suburbs cemetery from St Andrew's Church of England cathedral.

Additional Information

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