John Hallett (Australian politician)

John Mead Hallett (9 October 1917, Narrogin, Western Australia – 9 August 1999) was an Australian politician. He was educated at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, after which he became a farmer at Corrigin. He was the director of Farmers' Weekly before becoming President of the Western Australian Western Australian Country Party in 1962; the following year, he relinquished the presidency to run for the Australian House of Representatives in the Liberal-held seat of Canning. Hallett was successful, and held the seat until his defeat in 1974. He died in 1999.[1]

This article is about the Western Australian politician. For the unrelated South Australian politician, see John Hallett (South Australian politician).

John Hallett
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Canning
In office
30 November 1963 – 18 May 1974
Preceded byNeil McNeill
Succeeded byMel Bungey
Personal details
Born(1917-10-09)9 October 1917
[Narrogin Western Australia]
Died9 August 1999(1999-08-09) (aged 81)
Political partyCountry Party
OccupationFarmer

References
  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008.


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