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Reginald Thomas Hope

Reginald Thomas Hope

Surname: HOPE

Given Names: Reginald Thomas

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 12 June 1927 - Sheffield, Tasmania

Father: Norman Hope

Mother: Elizabeth Janet Hope

Marriage: (Kathleen Jean Atkins)

Date of Death: 16 December 2010

 

Legislative Council: (1) 26 May 1979 (2) 1982

Electorate: (1) Tamar (2) Meander

Party: Independent

Positions Held:Chair of Committees, President 20 June 1995 to 31 May 1997

Date of Departure: (1) 1982 (2) 31 May 1997

Reason for Departure: (1) Transferred to Meander. (2) Retired.

Inaugural Speech

Comments: Re-elected unopposed 1985.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 621

Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.