Tom Hughes (Australian politician)

The Honourable Tom Hughes AO KC
Hughes in 1969
Attorney-General of Australia
In office 12 November 1969 – 22 March 1971
Prime Minister	John Gorton William McMahon
Preceded by	Nigel Bowen
Succeeded by	Nigel Bowen
Member of the Australian Parliament for Parkes
In office 30 November 1963 – 25 October 1969
Preceded by	Les Haylen
Succeeded by	Division abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament for Berowra
In office 25 October 1969 – 2 November 1972
Preceded by	Division created
Succeeded by	Harry Edwards
Personal details
Born	Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes (1923-11-26)26 November 1923 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 November 2024(2024-11-28) (aged 101) Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouses	Joanna Fitzgerald ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1972)​ Christine Abel Smith ​ ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	3, including Lucy
Parents	Geoffrey Forrest Hughes Margaret Vidal
Relatives	Thomas Hughes (grandfather) Robert Hughes (brother) Malcolm Turnbull (son-in-law) See Hughes-Turnbull family
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Lawyer politician

Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO KC (26 November 1923 – 28 November 2024) was an Australian barrister and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971, and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing the New South Wales seats of Parkes and Berowra. He was a president of the New South Wales Bar Association and was one of Sydney's most prominent barristers for a number of decades. Hughes was the last surviving Liberal minister of the Gorton and McMahon governments.