Albert Alfred Hoare (22 November 1874 – 25 January 1962) was a

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n politician. Born in

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, he was educated at

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and Mount Barker state schools. He worked as a farm labourer at Boolcunda East, near

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for sixteen years, and worked as shearer for 20 years. He was employed, perhaps as a storeman, at the Government workshops in Glanville, before running his own dairy farm. He returned to government service at the

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. In 1921 he contested the

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seat of

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, but was unsuccessful. In 1922 he was elected to the

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as an

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Senator for South Australia, succeeding

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Edward Vardon. He held the seat until his defeat in 1934. In 1944, he returned to politics as a

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member of the

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, serving until 1956. He was a prominent member of the

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, a member of the Labor Party's Port Adelaide electorate committee and President of the Port Adelaide Workers' Educational Association.

Family

Bert married Ida Mary Hancock on 19 April 1913; they had a small family, and lived at Hodgeman Road, Pennington, then 19 Torrens Road, Alberton.

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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia Members of the Australian Senate Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Australian trade unionists 1874 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-senator-stub