- Tom Hughes (Australian politician)
Infobox MP
honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name = Tom Hughes
honorific-suffix =
MP AO QC
office =Attorney-General of Australia
term_start = 1969
term_end = 1971
predecessor =Nigel Bowen
successor =Nigel Bowen
constituency_MP1 = Parkes
parliament1 = Australian
predecessor1 =Leslie Haylen
successor1 = "Division abolished"
term_start1 =30 November 1963
term_end1 =25 October 1969
constituency_MP2 = Berowra
parliament2 = Australian
majority =
predecessor2 = "Division created"
successor2 = Harry Edwards
term_start2 =25 October 1969
term_end2 =2 December 1972
birth_date = birth date and age|1923|11|26
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
nationality =Australia n
spouse =
party = Liberal
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation =Lawyer
profession =
religion =
website =
footnotes =Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO QC (born
26 November 1923 ) is anAustralia n politician and lawyer. He was a Liberal member of theAustralian House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing first the seat of Parkes and then (when Parkes was abolished in 1969) the seat of Berowra. He wasAttorney-General of Australia from 1969 to 1971.Hughes was born in
Sydney , the son of a lawyer. His grandfather and great-uncle were members of theNew South Wales Legislative Council . He was educated atSt Ignatius' College, Riverview , and theUniversity of Sydney , where he graduated in law. He served in theRoyal Australian Air Force inWorld War II , and was awarded the FrenchLégion d'honneur in 2005 for his courage while flying planes in theInvasion of Normandy .ABC (2008). [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1308657.htm PM - Australian vets honoured with French Legion of Honour] . Retrieved May 31, 2008.] He was called to the Sydney bar in 1949, becoming a QC in 1962.Hughes defeated the long-serving Labor member
Leslie Haylen to unexpectedly win the seat of Parkes at the 1963 elections. He was Attorney-General in the government ofJohn Gorton , but was dropped from the ministry byWilliam McMahon , and the disillusionment this caused led him to retire at the 1972 election. After leaving politics he became one of the leading figures at the Sydney bar. He is still engaged in full-time practice at the bar as a member of Sydney's Blackstone Chambers. [Blackstone Chambers (2008). [http://www.blackstone.com.au/hughes.html Thomas Eyre Forrest The Hon. HUGHES AO QC] . Retrieved May 31, 2008.]He is the brother of the writer and critic Robert Hughes. He has three children,
Lucy Turnbull (former Lord Mayor of Sydney), Michael Hughes (AMP Capital Investors) and Tom Hughes, Jr. (Barrister). Lucy Turnbull is married to current Liberal Party politicianMalcolm Turnbull .Honours
He was also the subject of a painting by Jiawei Shen that was a finalist for the 2004 Archibald Prize.
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Persondata
NAME = Hughes, Thomas Eyre Forrest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Hughes, Tom
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH =26 November 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH =Sydney, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
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