Murray Hill (politician)
Murray Hill | |
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File:Murray Hill on This Day Tonight (1972).jpg | |
Minister for Local Government | |
In office 17 April 1968 – 1 June 1970 | |
Premier | Steele Hall |
Preceded by | Stan Bevan |
Succeeded by | Geoff Virgo |
In office 18 September 1979 – 10 November 1982 | |
Premier | David Tonkin |
Preceded by | John Bannon |
Succeeded by | Terry Hemmings |
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
In office 4 December 1965 – 4 July 1988 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Glenelg, South Australia, Australia | 2 July 1923
Died | 24 March 2003 , Australia | (aged 79)
Political party | Liberal and Country League Liberal Party |
Spouse | Eunice Greenslade |
Children | The Hon. Robert Hill |
Charles Murray Hill AM (2 July 1923 – 24 March 2003), generally known as Murray Hill, was a real estate agent and politician in the State of South Australia.
Biography
Hill was born in Glenelg, South Australia, a son of Theodore Charles Hill and his wife Heloise Margery Hill (née Winterbottom); later at Millswood Estate. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in 1941 and served as a seaman during World War II. In 1946 he established Murray Hill & Co., real estate agents, with offices in Grenfell Street.[1] He served as Minister for Transport, Local Government and Roads from April 1968 to June 1970, then as Minister for Arts, Local Government and Housing from September 1979 to November 1982. He retired in July 1988.[2] In the 1990 Australia Day honours list, Hill was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the South Australian Parliament and to the community."[3]
Family
He married Eunice Greenslade of Colonel Light Gardens on 21 June 1944. His son, Robert Hill, was a federal MP and Minister for Defence.[4]
References
- ↑ "Advertising". The Advertiser. 12 February 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 19 December 2014 – via Trove.
- ↑ "Hon Charles (Murray) Murray Hill AM". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Australia Day 1990 Honours" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (S 17): 4. 26 January 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Wroe, David & Debelle, Penelope (31 July 2004). "Hill defends his record". The Age. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Australian real estate agents
- Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II
- Liberal and Country League politicians
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia
- Royal Australian Navy sailors
- 1923 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century Australian politicians