Raymond Hyatt Explained

Raymond Hyatt
Constituency Am:Warrenheip and Grenville
Assembly:Victorian Legislative
Term Start:12 June 1943
Term End:3 October 1945
Predecessor:Edmond Hogan
Successor:District abolished
Constituency Am2:Hampden
Assembly2:Victorian Legislative
Term Start2:10 November 1945
Term End2:9 October 1947
Predecessor2:William Cumming
Successor2:Henry Bolte
Birth Date:28 July 1893
Birth Place:Blakeville, Victoria
Death Place:Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Restingplace:Ballarat Crematorium
Birthname:John Allison Raymond Hyatt
Party:Labor Party
Children:Four
Occupation:Postal worker
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Australian Imperial Force
Serviceyears:1915–1916
Rank:Private
Unit:14th Battalion

John Allison Raymond Hyatt (28 July 1893  - 29 March 1969) was an Australian politician.

Born in Blakeville to sawmiller Henry Hyatt and Elizabeth Dalton, he attended Blakeville State School and became a sawmiller and timber contractor. He served in the Australian Imperial Force's 14th Battalion in Egypt and France during World War I; on 22 December 1917 he married Elizabeth Stratton, with whom he had four children. Returning from the war in 1918 he became a postal worker, and became involved in the Postal Workers' Union. In 1943 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Warrenheip and Grenville, transferring to Hampden in 1945. He was defeated in 1947. Hyatt died at Ballarat in 1969.[1]

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  1. Web site: Hyatt, (John Allison) Raymond. Parliament of Victoria. 1985. 1 October 2011.