Arthur Hughes (politician)

Arthur Hughes
Arthur Hughes
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly; for Hampden
	In office; 9 April 1927 – 30 November 1929
Preceded by	David Oman
Succeeded by	Chester Manifold
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly; for Grenville
	In office; 30 August 1921 – 9 April 1927
Preceded by	David Gibson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	25 October 1885; Broomfield, Victoria
Died	1 February 1968 (aged 82); Ballarat, Victoria
Political party	Labor Party
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1915–1917; 1940–1943
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	Military Cross

Arthur Hughes MC (25 October 1885 – 1 February 1968) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Broomfield to miner David Solomon Hughes and Esther Vickers. He was a schoolteacher in Ballarat, and during World War I served with the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt and France; wounded in 1916, he was invalided home and awarded the Military Cross. A Labor Party member, he was active in the campaign against military conscription. After the war he was a soldier settler at Newlyn, and in 1921 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Grenville. He transferred to Hampden in 1927, but was defeated in 1929. In 1932 he left the Labor Party, feeling that it was insufficiently anti-communist. Hughes died in Ballarat in 1968.^[1]

References

^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Hughes, Arthur". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by David Gibson	Member for Grenville 1921–1927	Abolished
Preceded by David Oman	Member for Hampden 1927–1929	Succeeded by Chester Manifold

[vic-1] Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Hughes, Arthur". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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