Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes, KBE, MVO, MC, (12 June 1895 – 31 July 1970) was an Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games

Kent Hughes was born in Melbourne to an upper middle-class family. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the Social group constituted by higher-status members of the Middle class. He was set to attend the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship when he enlisted in the army on the outbreak of World War I. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All After his discharge from the army, Kent Hughes attended Oxford and represented Australia in athletics as a hurdler at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1920 ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Upon the completion of his degree at Oxford, Kent Hughes returned to Australia, seeking a career in politics. Elected to the Victorian state parliament in 1927, Kent Hughes sat with the conservative Nationalist Party of Australia, rising to the position of Deputy Premier of Victoria. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia Stanleybrucejpg|right|150px|thumb| Stanley Bruce, Nationalist Prime Minister of Australia 1923-1929]] The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political Kent Hughes proved to be a controversial figure in politics, and was never afraid to publicly espouse his personal beliefs, such as an admiration for fascism, of which he had a poor understanding. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology

Kent Hughes re-enlisted in the army at the outbreak of World War II and, while stationed in Singapore, was captured by the Japanese. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Singapore He spent four years as a Prisoner of war before his liberation by the Red Army in 1945. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya Kent Hughes returned to Victorian state politics until switching to federal politics in 1949.

He was appointed a Minister in the federal government led by Menzies but complained his responsibilities were trifling. More interesting to him was the chairmanship of the 1956 Summer Olympics Organising Committee, where he showed he was willing to break longstanding Olympic conventions in order to modernise the Games. The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne His role in the organisation of the Melbourne Olympics has led sporting historians to refer to Kent Hughes as "one of the most important figures in Olympic History". ^[1] Following the Olympics Kent Hughes was dropped from his ministerial posts and spent the remainder of his time in parliament on the backbenches, gaining a reputation as the most ardent anticommunist in parliament. For other meanings see Backbench A backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP or a legislator who does not hold governmental He died aged 75 in 1970, still a member of federal parliament.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early life 1.2 World War I 1.3 University and 1920 Olympics 2 Political life 2.1 "Why I Have Become a Fascist" 2.2 World War II 2.3 Post-war politics 2.4 1956 Olympics 2.5 Political decline 3 References 4 Further reading

History

Early life

The second child of seven of English orthopaedic surgeon and publisher Wilfred Kent Hughes and his wife Clementina (nee Rankin), Kent Hughes was born in East Melbourne and educated at Trinity Grammar and Melbourne Grammar. Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics) is the branch of Surgery concerned with injuries to or conditions involving the East Melbourne is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Trinity Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for boys located across several campuses in Melbourne Melbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school predominantly for boys located in South Yarra He was accepted atOxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1914 (although he did not commence study at Oxford until 1919 due to his war service). The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars ^[2] The family name was Hughes, and young Wilfrid was usually called Bill or Billy. Later, to avoid confusion with fellow politician Billy Hughes, he adopted one of his middle names, Kent, as part of his surname. William Morris 'Billy' Hughes, CH, KC (25 September 1862 &ndash 28 October 1952 Australian politician was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia ^[3] It is not known why he spelled his given name "Wilfrid" while his father spelled it "Wilfred. "

A number of Kent Hughes's relatives also gained national recognition in their chosen fields. Uncle Canon Ernest Hughes was an influential member of the Church of England in Australia and leading Australian rules footballer with St Kilda and Essendon^[4] and uncle Frederic Hughes was a Brigadier-General, mayor of St Kilda and Aide-de-camp to the Governor General, the Earl of Dudley. A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule' is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian Football League club based in Melbourne Victoria Australia Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. An aide-de-camp ( French for camp assistant) is a personal assistant secretary or Adjutant to a person of high rank usually a senior military officer The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia) William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO ( 25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932) styled Viscount ^[5] Aunt Eva Hughes OBE founded the Australian Women's National League, the then largest body of organised women in the country,^[5] while his sisters Dr Ellen Kent Hughes MBE was a leading paediatrician and community activist^[6] and Gwendoline Kent Lloyd, who Wilfrid referred to as "the family Communist",^[7] was a renowned proponent of Indigenous rights. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Australian Women’s National League (AWNL was an Australian political lobby group federation first established in 1904 Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ^[8]

World War I

Kent Hughes enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces as a private on 8 August 1914. The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year ^[9] He served in the 3rd Light Horse Brigade in Gallipoli, where he was wounded,^[1] the Sinai, Palestine and Syria. The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai ( Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا Arabic, sina'a سيناء Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Kent Hughes, who reached the rank of major, was mentioned in dispatches four times, winning the Military Cross in 1917 and appointed Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the Australian Mounted Division. Mentioned in Despatches (MID is a Military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service A Quartermaster general is the Staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole Army. The Australian Mounted Division was a mounted infantry ( Light horse) division formed in Egypt during World War I. ^[10] Upon his return to Australia in 1918 he published a volume of memoirs, Modern Crusaders, about his exploits in the Light Horse Brigade. ^[7]

University and 1920 Olympics

At war's end, Kent Hughes entered Christ Church, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, gaining a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Modern History. Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars He also captained the Oxford ski team and showed a proficiency for athletics, such that Kent Hughes was chosen to represent Australia in the 110 and 400 metre hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Australia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Hurdling is a type of track and field race There are Sprint hurdle races and long hurdle Races. The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1920 He finished fourth in his heat of the 110 metre hurdles and failed to progress but won his 400 metre heat before finishing fifth in the semi final. Kent Hughes did not return to England empty handed, as he later admitted to souveniring an official Olympic flag from the Olympic stadium. ^[11]

In 1921, Kent Hughes was part of the Oxford Ski Team visit to Europe, during which he became the first Australian to ski competitively overseas. ^[3]

Following his graduation from Oxford, Kent Hughes married Edith Kerr, a wealthy American heiress to a thread manufacturing empire, on 3 February 1923 in Montclair, New Jersey and returned to Melbourne to work as a director in his father's publishing company Ramsay Publishing Pty Ltd while sizing up a career in politics. Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 ^[12]

Political life

In 1926 Kent Hughes unsuccessfully sought Nationalist Party of Australia preselection for the newly created seat of Kew in the Victorian Legislative Assembly before winning the seat as an Independent candidate at the 1927 election, after which he joined the Nationalists. Stanleybrucejpg|right|150px|thumb| Stanley Bruce, Nationalist Prime Minister of Australia 1923-1929]] The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia ^[12] Kent Hughes soon found himself opposed to the conservative establishment and what he considered the mediocrity of Victorian politics. He openly referred to a number of his fellow Nationalists as "boneheads" and opposition Australian Labor Party members as "uncouth, semi-educated ill-mannered narrow-minded boors". ^[12] Kent Hughes, along with his close friend and ally Robert Menzies, founded the Young Nationalists Organisation in 1929, which became an influential force in conservative politics in Victoria. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, QC (20 December 1894 - 15 May 1978 Australian politician was the twelfth person to serve ^[13]

When the Nationalists came into power in December 1928, Kent Hughes was appointed Cabinet Secretary and Government Whip but resigned his positions in July 1929, ostensibly in protest over a government subsidy to a freezing works company but more likely in reaction to the ongoing boneheadedness of his fellow parliamentarians. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature ^[12]

Following the formation of the United Australia Party (UAP) in place of the Nationalists in 1931, Kent Hughes served in several portfolios, including Railways, Labour, Transport and Sustenance. Robert Menzies 1930sjpg|right|150px|thumb| Robert Menzies, UAP Prime Minister of Australia 1939-1941]]The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian It was as Minister for Sustenance, a portfolio designed to deal with the poverty of the Great Depression, that he became known as the "Minister for Starvation". ^[12] Kent Hughes drafted legislation that became the Unemployment Relief (Administration) Bill, which when enacted in January 1933, forced the unemployed to work for the dole and denied any form of financial assistance to women. ^[14] Kent Hughes's bill has been described as the harshest piece of legislation in Australia directed towards the unemployed during the Depression. ^[12]

In January 1933 Kent Hughes became embroiled in cricket's Bodyline affair. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries For information about the British code name "Bodyline" for the WWII V-2 rocket, see Operation Crossbow. A friend of English captain Douglas Jardine from their Oxford days, Kent Hughes publicly defended Jardine's tactics of sustained short pitched bowling against the Australian batsmen, arguing that Australia used similar tactics against England during the 1921 Ashes tour. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Douglas Robert Jardine ( October 23, 1900 - June 18, 1958) was an English Cricketer and captain of the England The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Australia won the 1921 Ashes series held in England They won the first three matches against England, which meant that they had won eight in The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. He also criticised the protests of Australian cricket's governing body, the Australian Cricket Board of Control towards Jardine, stating they were "boorish, bitter (and) insulting". Cricket Australia, formerly known as ^[15]

While he was attacking the Cricket Board of Control, Kent Hughes was simultaneously organising the Australian tour of the Duke of Gloucester, and for his efforts was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1934. The Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester (Henry William Frederick Albert 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974 was a member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria ^[3] In 1938 he was manager of the Australian team at the Empire Games held in Sydney. Australia hosted the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales and their team was abbreviated AUS The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 ^[10]

"Why I Have Become a Fascist"

During the late 1920s and 1930s Kent Hughes developed a strong sympathy for fascism, encouraged in part by his uncle Ernest, who visited Italy in 1926 and published an enthusiastic report on Mussolini's Italy in a local newspaper on his return. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest ^[12] Kent Hughes was also impressed by Sir Oswald Mosley's proposal for a British parliament consisting of business and national interests and headed by a powerful executive government. Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 &ndash 3 December 1980 was a British Politician, known principally as the founder of the British ^[12] In 1933 he published a series of articles in the Melbourne Herald, titled "Why I Have Become a Fascist. The Herald Sun is a morning Tabloid Newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia " In one article he wrote that fascism "endeavours to avoid the egotistical attitude of laissez faire and the inertia of socialism. Laissez-faire ( pronunciation: French,; English,) is a French phrase literally meaning Let do (“allow to do” Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution " Kent Hughes saw it as "a half-way house between the two systems. " In fascist countries, he said, "industrial peace and security have been found to be worth the price of sacrificing some of the individual liberty previously enjoyed. " In what he called "British communities," however, he expected that fascism would "be garbed not in the dictatorial black shirt, but in the more sedate style of the British Parliamentary representative. For other uses and meanings see Blackshirts (disambiguation. The Blackshirts ( Italian: camicie nere, "^[3]

Kent Hughes was unique among prominent Australians in publicly identifying as a fascist, although he never joined a fascist organisation, took any overt act that could be described as fascist and there is no evidence to suggest he was an anti-semite. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility ^[12] His biographer Frederick Howard maintains that Kent Hughes did not know much about fascism and used the word mainly for its shock value. "Kent Hughes does not seem to have paid enough attention to the difference between theory and practice in Mussolini's Italy," he observes. ^[3]

Kent Hughes's public support of fascism failed to damage his political career, as he was elected Victorian Deputy Leader of the UAP in 1935, serving until his enlistment in the army in 1939. ^[3]

World War II

In 1939, without resigning from Parliament, Kent Hughes rejoined the Army, becoming a colonel in the 8th Division. An aide-de-camp ( French for camp assistant) is a personal assistant secretary or Adjutant to a person of high rank usually a senior military officer Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K He served in the Malaya campaign of 1942, where he was again mentioned in despatches. The Battle of Malaya was a campaign fought by Allied and Japanese forces in Malaya, from December 8 1941 to January 31 Kent Hughes was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore and was kept in the Changi Prisoner Of War camp, where he was beaten and half-starved. The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Singapore Changi Prison ( (Malay Penjara Changi is a Prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore. In 1943 he was shipped as a slave labourer to Taiwan. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. In October 1944 he was shipped to Japan and on to Korea, and then sent by rail to Mukden in Manchuria, where prisoners of war were put to work in arms factories. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Shenyang ( Ch: 沈阳 pinyin Shěnyáng, or Mukden ( in Manchu) is a Sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast In August 1945 Kent Hughes was liberated by the invading Red Army and returned to Australia with an amoebic complaint that would continue to bother him. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an infection of the digestive system that results in severe Diarrhea containing mucus and blood ^[7] While imprisoned, Kent Hughes secretly wrote what became Slaves of the Samurai, a colourful account of his wartime experiences, published in 1946. He also took up the case of Australian General Gordon Bennett, who was accused of cowardice and desertion after leaving Singapore without authorisation shortly before the city surrendered to the Japanese. Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett CB, CMG, DSO ( April 16, 1887 &ndash August 1, 1962) Kent Hughes appeared before the Royal Commission into Bennett's case, and argued that Bennett was correct to avoid being taken prisoner and return to Australia to continue the fight. ^[3]

Appointed an OBE in 1947 for his wartime service,^[2] Kent Hughes was very popular with the ex-service community, appearing in the ANZAC Day march in April each year on horseback, in his World War I uniform, and campaigning for improved benefits for ex-servicemen, particularly ex-Prisoners Of War. ^[2]

Post-war politics

Kent Hughes returned to politics and joined the newly founded Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. He served as Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport and Minister for Public Instruction from 1947 to 1949, as well as Chief Secretary and Minister for Electrical Undertakings in 1948. ^[10]

Leaving state politics, in 1949 Kent Hughes stood for the Melbourne based Division of Chisholm, a seat the Liberal Party was expected to win. The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ^[16] Subsequently elected, he was appointed Minister for the Interior and Minister for Works and Housing (Minister for Works from June 1952) in the Menzies Government. Kent Hughes complained that he was left in charge of only trifling issues. ^[7]

1956 Olympics

Following the successful bid by Melbourne to host the 1956 Summer Olympics, problems had beset the organising of the Games to the extent that International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage threatened to award the Games to another city. The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne Avery Brundage ( September 28 1887 &ndash May 8 1975) was an American athlete sports official art collector and philanthropist ^[17] In response, the Melbourne Organising Committee approached Kent Hughes in 1951 to be its chairman, believing his public stature, Olympian background and experience in administration would be great assets.

Kent Hughes took to the Chairman role with gusto, although his relationship with Brundage was never cordial. During a visit to Melbourne in 1955 to inspect the preparations, Brundage was less than impressed with the progress achieved under Kent Hughes's chairmanship and condemned Kent Hughes's apparent lack of concern at the looming deadline for the Games. Not one to take criticism lightly, Kent Hughes was quoted as saying that he had enough to worry about without having "Chicago blow-ins come out here and blow their tops over nothing in particular and annoy everyone in general. "^[1]

Kent Hughes broke Olympic tradition in two significant ways. He decided to charge for television and newsreel footage of the Games where previously footage was provided free of charge. ^[17] Secondly, following a suggestion from John Ian Wing, a 17 year old apprentice carpenter from Melbourne, Kent Hughes instigated the now familiar closing ceremony tradition of the athletes of different nations parading together, instead of with their national teams, as a symbol of world unity. ^[17] Kent Hughes's plan to charge for television and newsreel footage of the Games was strongly opposed in many circles, including the media, who believed that the Games were news and as such should be free, while Australian government authorities thought that providing free television coverage of the Games would lead to greater tourism opportunities. ^[1] Brundage made no public comment on television rights for the Games but grasped the financial possibilities of charging for rights, devising a television rights fees policy following the Games, whereby television stations were forced to negotiate for televised rights for all future Games. This policy is believed to have netted the IOC over $12 billion dollars since its inception at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy ^[1]

In recognition of his work successfully organising the Games Kent Hughes was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. An award presented by the Victorian Olympic Council to the athlete it considers to have given the most outstanding performance at a Games is named in his honour^[18] and Kent Hughes's significance to the modern Olympic movement is such that it has been suggested that an oil portrait of Kent Hughes be commissioned and placed in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Lausanne ( pronounced, Losanna is a city in Romandy, the French -speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva ^[1]

Political decline

Menzies dropped Kent Hughes from his ministry in 1956, ostensibly because Menzies opposed some of his housing plans for Canberra. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. However, it was more likely due to Kent Hughes's continued public comments on foreign affairs and defence matters,^[19] in which he took an independent line favouring a policy even more anti-Communist than that of Menzies, higher defence spending and the reintroduction of conscription. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority ^[3] Widely renowned as the parliamentary figure most knowledgeable in Asian affairs,^[19] Kent Hughes was a leading member of the "Taiwan lobby" in the Liberal Party, which sought to maintain the recognition of Taiwan as the official representative of China^[20], and met several times with Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash ^[21] He remained a backbench member until his death in 1970. Survived by his wife and three daughters, Kent Hughes was accorded a State Funeral. ^[7] The Times obituary highlighted his war service and Olympian status, referring to him as "one of the more colourful Australian parliamentarians"^[21] while sidestepping his earlier flirtation with fascism. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.

References

Further reading

• Henderson, G. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (1994) Menzies Child: The Liberal Party of Australia 1944-94, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW. ISBN 1-86373-747-2

Political offices
Preceded by Eric Harrison	Minister for the Interior 1951 – 1956	Succeeded by Allen Fairhall
Preceded by Richard Casey	Minister for Works and Housing Minister for Works 1951 – 1956
Parliament of Australia
New division	Member for Chisholm 1949 – 1970	Succeeded by Tony Staley

Sir Eric John Harrison KCMG KCVO ( 7 September 1892 – 26 September 1974) was an Australian politician The Australian Minister for Home Affairs has been the Hon Bob Debus MP since 3 December 2007. Sir Allen Fairhall KBE (24 November 1909 – 3 November 2006 was an Australian politician and Member of the Parliament of Australia for the Division Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC, (29 August 1890&ndash17 June 1976 was an Australian politician The Australian Minister for Housing is Tanya Plibersek, who was appointed on 3 December 2007, following the Labor Party 's win at the The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth Parliament is the legislative branch of government of Australia. The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. Anthony Allan (Tony Staley, AO (born 15 May 1939) is an Australian Politician, member of parliament and businessman

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