Raymond Hyatt

Raymond Hyatt
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Warrenheip and Grenville
In office
12 June 1943  3 October 1945
Preceded by Edmond Hogan
Succeeded by District abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Hampden
In office
10 November 1945  9 October 1947
Preceded by William Cumming
Succeeded by Henry Bolte
Personal details
Born John Allison Raymond Hyatt
(1893-07-28)28 July 1893
Blakeville, Victoria
Died 29 March 1969(1969-03-29) (aged 75)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Resting place Ballarat Crematorium
Political party Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Stratton (m. 1917)
Children Four
Occupation Postal worker
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Australian Imperial Force
Years of service 1915–1916
Rank Private
Unit 14th Battalion

John Allison Raymond Hyatt (28 July 1893 29 March 1969) was an Australian politician.

Born in Blakeville to sawmiller Henry Hyatt and Elizabeth Dalton, he attended Blakeville State School and became a sawmiller and timber contractor. He served in the Australian Imperial Force's 14th Battalion in Egypt and France during World War I; on 22 December 1917 he married Elizabeth Stratton, with whom he had four children. Returning from the war in 1918 he became a postal worker, and became involved in the Postal Workers' Union. In 1943 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Warrenheip and Grenville, transferring to Hampden in 1945. He was defeated in 1947. Hyatt died at Ballarat in 1969.[1]

References

  1. "Hyatt, (John Allison) Raymond". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Edmond Hogan
Member for Warrenheip and Grenville
1943–1945
District abolished
Preceded by
William Cumming
Member for Hampden
1945–1947
Succeeded by
Henry Bolte


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