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Family ties: Alan Hunt, left, Leila Haywood, Greg Hunt and his wife Paula and daughter Poppy at the opening of Greg Hunt’s electoral office in 2007. Picture: Yanni
Liberal elder dies at 86 By Mike Hast THE protection of Melbourne’s natural environment with Green Wedge Zones was a signature achievement of former Mornington Peninsula MP Alan Hunt, who died in the early hours of Friday morning at age 86. Mr Hunt, the father of five sons including federal Flinders MP Greg Hunt, his youngest, died at Peninsula Health’s palliative care unit in Frankston where he had been for two days after being transferred from Frankston Hospital. Mr Hunt’s eldest son Bob, 61, drove from southern NSW and arrived at the
palliative care unit at about 3am and was with his father at the end. Greg Hunt said his father lived in his Mornington house until December when he moved to an aged care centre in Somerville. “Dad retained his complete awareness of the world until his last days,� he said. “Over the past few weeks, he said goodbye to each of his sons. In doing so he took care of each of us. He explained that he was ready to die, that he had been blessed in his life and that he had no fears. “In the past few weeks, he had been given amazing care by the doctors and nurses of Frankston Hospital.�
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Alan John Hunt was born on 9 October 1927 in Peterborough, South Australia. He was educated in SA and at Melbourne Grammar School before attending Melbourne University and gaining a law degree. He was president of Melbourne University Liberals from 1948-50, secretary of the National Union of Australian University Students and a delegate to the World University Service conference in Bombay in 1950. He began his career as a solicitor and by 1954 was a senior partner of Frost and Hunt in Mornington, later Hunt, O’Sullivan and Daniels.
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He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house) in 1961 to represent South Eastern Province, which stretched from central Victoria to eastern and southern suburbs as well as the peninsula and Phillip Island. The province was abolished at the 2006 state election following the Labor government’s reform of the upper house. Mr Hunt was an MP for 31 years, retiring on 2 October 1992. The seat was won by Ron Bowden, husband of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s mayor Lynn Bowden. The veteran MP served as a minis-
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ter in the Bolte, Hamer and Thompson governments. Between 1971 and 1982, he held the portfolios of local government, planning, federal affairs and education, and was Attorney-General for a brief period in 1976. He was Leader of the Legislative Council in government between 1978 and 1982. Mr Hunt was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1992. The funeral of Mr Hunt was on Monday at Peninsula Community Theatre in Mornington. More Alan Hunt stories Page 9
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