Charles Hawker

Charles Hawker
Minister for Commerce
In office
13 April 1932 – 23 September 1932
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byJoseph Lyons
Minister for Markets
In office
6 January 1932 – 13 April 1932
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded byParker Moloney
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Minister for Repatriation
In office
6 January 1932 – 12 April 1932
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded byJohn McNeill
Succeeded byCharles Marr
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Wakefield
In office
12 October 1929 – 25 October 1938
Preceded byMaurice Collins
Succeeded bySydney McHugh
Personal details
Born(1894-05-16)16 May 1894
Bungaree, South Australia
Died25 October 1938(1938-10-25) (aged 44)
Mount Dandenong, Victoria
Political partyNationalist (1929–31)
UAP (1931–38)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationSoldier

Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (16 May 1894 – 25 October 1938) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Wakefield from 1929 until his accidental death in 1938, representing the Nationalist Party (1929–1931) and its successor the United Australia Party (1931–1938). He was Minister for Repatriation and Minister for Markets (later Commerce) in the Lyons government from 1931 to 1932.


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