Raymond Hyatt

Raymond Hyatt
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Warrenheip and Grenville
In office 12 June 1943 – 3 October 1945
Preceded by	Edmond Hogan
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Hampden
In office 10 November 1945 – 9 October 1947
Preceded by	William Cumming
Succeeded by	Henry Bolte
Personal details
Born	John Allison Raymond Hyatt 28 July 1893 Blakeville, Victoria
Died	29 March 1969 (aged 75) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Resting place	Ballarat Crematorium
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Stratton (m. 1917)
Children	Four
Occupation	Postal worker
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Imperial Force
Years of service	1915–1916
Rank	Private
Unit	14th Battalion

John Allison Raymond Hyatt (28 July 1893 – 29 March 1969) was an Australian politician.

Born in Blakeville to sawmiller Henry Hyatt and Elizabeth Dalton, he attended Blakeville State School and became a sawmiller and timber contractor. He served in the Australian Imperial Force's 14th Battalion in Egypt and France during World War I; on 22 December 1917 he married Elizabeth Stratton, with whom he had four children. Returning from the war in 1918 he became a postal worker, and became involved in the Postal Workers' Union. In 1943 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Warrenheip and Grenville, transferring to Hampden in 1945. He was defeated in 1947. Hyatt died at Ballarat in 1969.^[1]

References

1. "Hyatt, (John Allison) Raymond". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 1 October 2011.