Gordon Hockley

Gordon Stanley Hockley (24 July 1926 11 May 2002) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Albury to motor mechanic Stanley Bertram Hockley and nurse Frances McIntosh. He attended local state schools and became a clerk with Victorian Railways in Melbourne from 1942 to 1945, before serving with the Royal Australian Navy from 1945 to 1972. He was a cook attached to an admiral's staff with the Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, and then a lieutenant in charge of catering training. On 17 October 1947 he married Joyce Eileen Carne; they had four sons. On his return he was a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy Emergency Reserve, and a catering manager at Royal Southern Memorial Hospital in Caulfield from 1972 to 1979. In 1979 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Bentleigh. He served until his retirement in 1988. Hockley died in 2002.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Hockley, Gordon Stanley". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Bob Suggett
Member for Bentleigh
19791988
Succeeded by
Ann Barker
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