Tom Hughes | |
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![]() Hughes in 1969 | |
Attorney-General of Australia | |
In office 12 November 1969 – 22 March 1971 | |
Prime Minister | John Gorton William McMahon |
Preceded by | Nigel Bowen |
Succeeded by | Nigel Bowen |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Parkes | |
In office 30 November 1963 – 25 October 1969 | |
Preceded by | Les Haylen |
Succeeded by | Division abolished |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Berowra | |
In office 25 October 1969 – 2 November 1972 | |
Preceded by | Division created |
Succeeded by | Harry Edwards |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes 26 November 1923 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouses | Joanna Fitzgerald
(m. 1951; div. 1972)Christine Abel Smith
(m. 1981) |
Children | 3, including Lucy |
Parent(s) | Geoffrey Forrest Hughes Margaret Vidal |
Relatives | Thomas Hughes (grandfather) Robert Hughes (brother) Malcolm Turnbull (son-in-law) See Hughes family |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Profession | Lawyer 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.