Herbert Hudd
Sir Herbert Sydney Hudd KBE MC (25 February 1881 – 30 April 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Torrens from 1912 to 1915 for the Liberal Union and Alexandra from 1920 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1948 for the Liberal Federation and the Liberal and Country League.[1]
Hudd was born in Adelaide and educated at Grote Street State School. He worked in his father's chocolate factory at Medindie before becoming managing director of the company. He served as a captain with the First Australian Imperial Force in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. He was a member of the Adelaide Hospital board from 1912 to 1925, president of the South Australian Literary Societies' Union from 1913 to 1914, a member of the University of Adelaide council from 1921 to 1924, deputy chairman of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and chairman of Adelaide Cement Company Limited from 1947.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1937.[2]
He was Commissioner for Public Works, Minister for Railways and Minister for Marine in Richard Layton Butler's government from 1933 to 1938.[3]
He married Mabel Law Smith (1878 – ), daughter of Richard Smith in 1919. They had no children.[3]
References
- Herbert Hudd: SA Parliament
- It's an Honour. Retrieved 11 March 2018
- Coxon, Howard, Playford, John & Reid, Robert (1985). Biographical register of the South Australian Parliament 1857-1957. Wakefield Press. p. 114.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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| Preceded by John McInnes |
Commissioner of Public Works 1933 – 1938 |
Succeeded by Malcolm McIntosh |