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Sir William Davis Hughes (24 November 1910 – 16 March 2003) was an Australian politician and bureaucrat. Early lifeHughes was born in Launceston, Tasmania and was educated at Launceston High School and the University of Tasmania, although he did not graduate.[1] He married Joan Johnson in 1940 and they had one son and two daughters. He was a school teacher in Tasmania from 1927 until 1935, at Caulfield Grammar in Melbourne, from 1936 until he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF),[2] and at The Armidale School from 1947 until 1950. He served in the RAAF from 1939 until 1945, achieving the rank of squadron leader.[3] Political careerHughes was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Armidale from 1950 to 1953 and 1956 to 1973 for the Country Party. He was chosen to lead the party in 1958, but his term of office was brief because he was forced to resign in 1959 after it was revealed that he did not have the university degree which he claimed.[4] With the election of the Askin government in 1965, Hughes became Minister for Public Works,[3] with responsibility for, among other things, the completion of the Sydney Opera House. Hughes refused to accept Jørn Utzon's approach to managing the Opera House project and, specifically, the construction of plywood prototypes for its interiors. Hughes refused to pay a fee claim for £51,000, which meant that Utzon could not pay his staff. After a heated discussion about the claim, Utzon sent a letter of withdrawal to Hughes on 28 February 1966, stating: "You have forced me to the leave the job".[5] In his media announcement made only hours after receiving the letter, Hughes claimed it was Utzon's 'resignation'. The Opera House was completed by another architect, Peter Hall, whose altered designs did not fully realise Utzon's original vision. Upon his resignation from parliament in January 1973, Hughes was appointed NSW Agent-General in London.[6] He died at Erina, New South Wales. He died in 2003, aged 92. HonoursHughes was knighted in 1975, two years after resigning from parliament.[7] Notes1. ^{{cite web |title=Our History- No 68. Skulduggery in the 1959 State Election |publisher=The Armidale Independent |url=http://www.armidaleindependent.com.au/wordpress/?p=3055 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327132844/http://www.armidaleindependent.com.au/wordpress/?p=3055 |archivedate=27 March 2012}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-nsw}}{{succession box | title=Member for Armidale | before=David Drummond | after=Jim Cahill | years=1949{{spaced ndash}}1953}}{{succession box | title=Member for Armidale | before=Jim Cahill | after=David Leitch | years=1956{{spaced ndash}}1973}}{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before= Sir Michael Bruxner }}{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the New South Wales Country Party|years=1958{{spaced ndash}}1959}}{{s-aft|after= Sir Charles Cutler }}{{s-bef|before= William Chaffey }}{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Country Party|years=1968{{spaced ndash}}1973}}{{s-aft|after= Leon Punch }}{{s-dip}}{{s-bef|before= Sir John Pagan }}{{s-ttl|title=Agent-General for New South Wales|years=1973–1977}}{{s-aft|after= Peter Valkenburg}}{{s-end}}{{Leaders of the National Party in NSW}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Davis}}2. ^{{cite news|last1=Pitt|first1=Helen|title=Barnaby Joyce's seat of New England is no stranger to controversy|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/barnaby-joyce-history-repeats-with-leadership-scandals-from-new-englanders-20180214-h0w3ri.html|accessdate=2018-02-16|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2018-02-15}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |title=Sir Davis Hughes (1910–2003) |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/fa4803c2be39f814ca256e3800061a98 |accessdate=2018-02-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115247/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/fa4803c2be39f814ca256e3800061a98 |archivedate=2011-06-04 }} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Farrelly|first=Elizabeth|title=High noon at Bennelong Point|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/high-noon-at-bennelong-point/2008/11/30/1227979845045.html?page=fullpage|accessdate=2013-10-17|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 December 2008}} 5. ^P.Drew, 1999. p.350 6. ^{{cite news|title=Sir Davis Hughes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1428529/Sir-Davis-Hughes.html|accessdate=2013-10-17|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 April 2003}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Death of the Honourable Sir Davis Hughes |work=Hansard |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20030430030 |accessdate=2007-05-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125609/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20030430030 |archivedate=29 September 2007 |df=dmy }} 10 : 1910 births|2003 deaths|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Australian Knights Bachelor|National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales|Politicians awarded knighthoods|Sydney Opera House|20th-century Australian politicians|Agents-General for New South Wales|People from Armidale, New South Wales |
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