Cyril Hutchens
Australian politician
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Cyril Douglas Hutchens CBE (19 February 1904 – 27 March 1982) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hindmarsh from 1950 to 1970 for the Labor Party.[1]
Cyril Hutchens | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party | |
| In office 5 October 1960 – 1 June 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Des Corcoran |
| Member for Hindmarsh | |
| In office 4 March 1950 – 1 May 1970 | |
| Preceded by | John McInnes |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cyril Douglas Hutchens 19 February 1904 |
| Died | 27 March 1982 (aged 78) |
| Party | South Australian Labor Party |
He was Commissioner of Public Works in South Australia from 1965 to 1968.
In 1970 Hutchens retired from politics when his Hindmarsh seat was abolished, much of it moving into the new electoral area of Spence, for which Ernie Crimes was selected as the Labor candidate.
