John Hallett (Australian politician)

John Hallett
John Hallett
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Canning
	In office; 30 November 1963 – 18 May 1974
Preceded by	Neil McNeill
Succeeded by	Mel Bungey
Personal details
Born	9 October 1917; Narrogin, Western Australia
Died	9 August 1999 (aged 81)
Political party	Country Party
Occupation	Farmer

John Mead Hallett (9 October 1917 – 9 August 1999) was an Australian politician. Born in Rexdale, a suburb of Toronto, Canada,^{[citation needed]} his family moved to Australia in 1919 where he was educated at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, after which he became a farmer at Corrigin. He was the director of Farmers' Weekly before becoming President of the Western Australian Western Australian Country Party in 1962; the following year, he relinquished the presidency to run for the Australian House of Representatives in the Liberal-held seat of Canning. Hallett was successful, and held the seat until his defeat in 1974. He died in 1999.^[1]

References

^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Neil McNeill	Member for Canning 1963 – 1974	Succeeded by Mel Bungey

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[Psephos-1] Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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