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Gordon Hockley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Bentleigh | |
| In office 5 May 1979 – 1 October 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Suggett |
| Succeeded by | Ann Barker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Children | 4 |
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.[1] 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.[1] On 17 October 1947 he married Joyce Eileen Carne;[1] 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.[1] In 1979 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Bentleigh.[2] He served until his retirement in 1988. Hockley died in 2002.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Hockley, Gordon Stanley". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Gordon Stanley Hockley". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
