Hugh Hudson (politician)

The Honourable Hugh Hudson
Deputy Premier of South Australia
In office 15 March 1979 – 18 September 1979
Premier	Des Corcoran
Preceded by	Des Corcoran
Succeeded by	Roger Goldsworthy
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office 15 March 1979 – 2 October 1979
Leader	Des Corcoran
Preceded by	Des Corcoran
Succeeded by	Jack Wright
Minister of Education
In office 6 June 1970 – 24 June 1975
Premier	Don Dunstan
Preceded by	John Coumbe
Succeeded by	Don Hopgood
Minister for Planning and Housing
In office 17 October 1975 – 15 March 1979
Premier	Don Dunstan
Preceded by	Joyce Steele
Succeeded by	David Wotton
In office 26 March 1968 – 16 April 1968
Premier	Don Dunstan
Preceded by	Frank Walsh
Succeeded by	Glen Pearson
Member for Brighton
In office 30 May 1970 – 14 September 1979
Preceded by	district created
Succeeded by	Dick Glazbrook
Member for Glenelg
In office 6 March 1965 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	Baden Pattinson
Succeeded by	John Mathwin
Personal details
Born	Hugh Hudson (1916-09-28)28 September 1916 Croydon, South Australia
Died	9 February 1983(1983-02-09) (aged 66)
Political party	Labor

Hugh Richard Hudson (12 December 1930 – 11 May 1993) was an Australian politician and 2nd Deputy Premier of South Australia in 1979. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School Hudson represented the House of Assembly seats of Glenelg from 1965 to 1970 and Brighton from 1970 to 1979 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. He held several ministries during his career, including being Minister of Education (1970–1975) during which time he was asked to deliver the 1976 Buntine Oration, which he titled "The Political Economy of Educational Advancement."