page_title: Tom Hughes (Australian politician)
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Hughes (Australian politician) / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: A 1964 black and white portrait of Tom Hughes, MHR for Parkes
context_page_description: Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO QC is a former Australian politician and a prominent barrister practising at Blackstone Chambers in Sydney, who served as the 19th Attorney-General of Australia from 1969 to 1971. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing first the seat of Parkes and then the seat of Berowra. He is the last surviving member of the Second Gorton Ministry from the Liberal Party, along with Andrew Peacock.
context_section_description: Hughes defeated the long-serving Labor member Les Haylen to unexpectedly win the seat of Parkes at the 1963 elections. He was attorney-general in the government of John Gorton, but was dropped from the ministry by William McMahon, and the disillusionment this caused led him to retire at the 1972 election.
caption: Hughes in 1964.
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