Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker DSO VD was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of North-East Fremantle from 1930 until 1933, and one of the three Legislative Council seats for Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 1934 until 1954.
21 Facts About Hubert Parker
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Hubert Parker was a member of the Nationalist Party until 1945, when the party merged into the Liberal Party.
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Hubert Parker's father was Stephen Henry Parker, a barrister and member of the Legislative Council, who later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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Hubert Parker's mother was Amy Leake, a member of the influential Leake family which included, among others, George Leake, the third Premier of Western Australia.
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Hubert Parker was educated at Hale School before being sent to Malvern College in England.
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Hubert Parker was appointed a second lieutenant in the Australian Field Artillery on 12 May 1903, and was promoted to lieutenant on 20 September 1905.
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Hubert Parker remained on the active list but returned to civilian life.
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On 11 June 1906, Parker was called to the Bar and from then until 1914 practiced law in Northam and Kalgoorlie.
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Hubert Parker was transferred to Gallipoli on 5 April 1915, where he was promoted to captain on 4 September 1915.
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Hubert Parker returned to Egypt aboard the RMS Empress of Britain, where on 30 January 1916 he transferred to the Imperial Camel Corps and ultimately to the 15th Field Artillery Brigade on 12 May 1916.
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Hubert Parker returned briefly to active service in January 1918 in France, and was Mentioned in Despatches.
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Hubert Parker maintained his practice for the entire duration of his time in Parliament.
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At the 1930 election, Hubert Parker contested the Labor-held seat of North-East Fremantle for the Nationalist Party.
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Hubert Parker served as a member of the Standing Orders Committee, and a Select Committee inquiring into the Prices of the Necessities of Life.
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On 22 February 1933, following the unexpected death of Thomas Davy, Hubert Parker was appointed by Premier Sir James Mitchell to the Ministry as Attorney-General and Minister for Education.
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Hubert Parker therefore resigned his seat as was the constitutional requirement at the time, but did not have to contest a ministerial by-election due to the upcoming state election.
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Hubert Parker served on various Select Committees into various Acts, and as an Honorary Royal Commissioner enquiring into the Electoral Act.
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Hubert Parker travelled to the Middle East with the Sea Transport division of the AIF in 1941 as a "voyage only officer", but on 16 January 1942, he was retired from military service and promoted to Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel.
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Hubert Parker became Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1951 until 1953.
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Hubert Parker continued his commitments as an active member of the Returned Services League, vice-commodore of the Mosman Bay Yacht Club, and as committee member of several exclusive clubs, namely the Western Australian Turf Club, Western Australian Cricket Association, Weld Club, and Tattersall's Club.
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Hubert Parker died at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 26 July 1966 and was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery.