Pat Hills

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Patrick Darcy 'Pat' Hills AO (31 December 1917 - 22 April 1992) was a New South Wales politician.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 3 Honours 4 References

[edit] Early life

Hills was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Darlinghurst and was apprenticed as an electrical engineer.

He was an alderman on Sydney City Council from 1948 to 1956 and Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1953 to 1956, when only in his thirties.

[edit] Political career

Hills was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Phillip in 1954, representing the Australian Labor Party, which he held to its abolition in 1981. He was then member for Elizabeth for 1988. He was Minister for Local Government in the cabinet of Premier Robert Heffron (1959-1964), and Deputy Premier under Heffron's successor Jack Renshaw. He was also the State Opposition Leader from 1968 to 1973, following Renshaw's departure from the Labor leadership. Afterwards Hills served in several portfolios, notably that of industrial relations, in the Labor government of Neville Wran from 1976 to 1986. Altogether he was in parliament for 33 years (1954-1988).

Hills was the only parliamentary leader of the New South Wales Labor Party not to have been premier since World War II. Hills died in Sydney.

[edit] Honours

Hills was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. ^[1]

[edit] References

Preceded by Jack Renshaw

Deputy Premier of New South Wales 1964 - 1965

Succeeded by Charles Cutler

Persondata
NAME	Hills, Patrick Darcy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	New South Wales politician
DATE OF BIRTH	31 December 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Surry Hills, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	22 April 1992
PLACE OF DEATH	Sydney