John Grant "Jack" Duncan-Hughes (1 September 1882 – 13 August 1962) was an Australia

Australia

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n politician.

Personal life

Born in Higher Park, South Australia, John Grant Duncan-Hughes was educated at St Peters College in Adelaide

Adelaide

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, and then at the University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide

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 and Cambridge University. He died in 1962.

Career

In 1907, he became a barrister, and served in the military 1915-1918. He was aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 and secretary to the Governor-General

Governor-General of Australia

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 before entering politics. In 1922, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Liberal

Liberal Party (1922)

The Liberal Party, also known as the Liberal Union or the Liberal Union Party, was a short-lived political party in Australia that operated mainly in 1922. The party was formed by disaffected Nationalists, principally Thomas Ashworth and Charles Merrett, who opposed the leadership of Prime...

 member for Boothby

Division of Boothby

The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named after William Boothby , the Returning Officer for the first election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1901....

, defeating sitting Nationalist

Nationalist Party of Australia

The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...

 MP William Story

William Story (Australian politician)

William Harrison Story was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated at state schools before becoming a stonemason and bricklayer. He served as President of the Operative Masons and Bricklayers Society and the Adelaide Trades and Labour Council, and was mayor of Norwood and...

. Duncan-Hughes and his fellow Liberals were running largely on a platform of opposition to Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Australia

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 Billy Hughes

Billy Hughes

William Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....

. When Hughes resigned to make way for Stanley Bruce

Stanley Bruce

Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC , was an Australian politician and diplomat, and the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. He was the second Australian granted an hereditary peerage of the United Kingdom, but the first whose peerage was formally created...

 as Prime Minister, the Liberal Party dissolved and its members joined the Nationalists. He held Boothby as a Nationalist until his defeat in 1928. After serving as a United Australia Party

United Australia Party

The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...

 senator for South Australia from 1932 to 1938, Duncan-Hughes returned to the House in 1940 as the United Australia Party

United Australia Party

The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...

 member for Wakefield

Division of Wakefield

The Division of Wakefield is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of South Australia. It is located north of Adelaide, incorporating the outer northern suburbs of Salisbury and Elizabeth, and extending north as far as Clare. It covers the east coast of the Gulf St Vincent north of...

. He was defeated in 1943 and became a lawyer.