Member for Kew (Victorian Parliament), 1927-49

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Component identifier:
Series 9
Content Summary:

In 1927 Kent Hughes stood for the Victorian Parliament as a Nationalist candidate and was elected as the Member for Kew. He was Minister for Transport and Education in 1947 and Minister for Transport and Electrical Undertaking between 1947 and 1949 in the Ministry led by Tom Hollway.

The series include a small quantity of correspondence and other papers on various subjects, including the Victorian elections and houses for migrants.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was donated to the National Library, in several instalments between 1973 and 1991, by Lady Kent Hughes and her daughters, Mrs Janet Derham, Mrs Margaret Sasse and Dr Mary Lou Sheil.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2631927).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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