Heini Becker

Heinrich Thomas Becker
AM
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Hanson
In office
30 May 1970 – 10 Dec 1993
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byStewart Leggett
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Peake
In office
11 Dec 1993 – 10 Oct 1997
Preceded byVic Heron
Succeeded byTom Koutsantonis
Personal details
Born (1935-01-18) 18 January 1935 (age 89)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLCL (1970-1974)
Liberal (1974-1997)

Heinrich Thomas "Heini" Becker AM (born 18 January 1935) is a former South Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Hanson from 1970 to 1993 and Peake from 1993 to 1997 for the Liberal Party. He was on the Public Accounts Committee and the Economic and Finance Committee.[1]

Becker's father was Dr. Johannes Heinrich Becker, who was interned during World War II for having Nazi connections, and was deported to West Germany in 1947.[2]

  1. ^ "Heinrich (Heini) Thomas Becker AM". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ Perkins, John (1993). "Becker, Johannes Heinrich (1898–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 November 2022.