Tom Hughes (Australian politician)

Tom Hughes
Hughes in 1969
Attorney-General of Australia
In office
12 November 1969 – 22 March 1971
Prime MinisterJohn Gorton
William McMahon
Preceded byNigel Bowen
Succeeded byNigel Bowen
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Parkes
In office
30 November 1963 – 25 October 1969
Preceded byLes Haylen
Succeeded byDivision abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Berowra
In office
25 October 1969 – 2 November 1972
Preceded byDivision created
Succeeded byHarry Edwards
Personal details
Born
Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes

(1923-11-26) 26 November 1923 (age 100)
Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Spouses
Joanna Fitzgerald
(m. 1951; div. 1972)
Christine Abel Smith
(m. 1981)
Children3, including Lucy
Parent(s)Geoffrey Forrest Hughes
Margaret Vidal
RelativesThomas Hughes (grandfather)
Robert Hughes (brother)
Malcolm Turnbull (son-in-law)
See Hughes family
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
ProfessionLawyer
Politician

Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO KC (born 26 November 1923) is an Australian former barrister and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971 and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing the New South Wales seats of Parkes and Berowra. He is a former president of the New South Wales Bar Association and was one of Sydney's most prominent barristers for a number of decades. Hughes is the last surviving Liberal minister of the Gorton and McMahon Governments.