Hubert Peter Lazzarini (8 September 1884 – 1 October 1952) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

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(ALP) and represented the

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in the

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for over 30 years (1919–1931, 1934–1952). After the ALP split of 1931 he joined the

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faction, which was reunited with the official ALP in 1936. In the 1940s Lazzarini held ministerial office in the Curtin and Chifley Governments, serving as Minister for Home Security (1941–1946),

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(1945), and Works and Housing (1945–1946).

Early life

Lazzarini was born on 8 September 1884 in

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. He was the son of Annie (née Stubbs) and Pietro Lazzarini; his older brother Carlo also entered politics. Their mother was an Australian, while their father was born in Italy and came to Australia via the United States. Lazzarini was educated at a Catholic school in Young. Before entering politics he worked as a

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, initially at

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and later at his own business in

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. He married Constance Williams in 1916, with whom he had a son and two daughters. In 1919 he moved to the Sydney suburb of

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Politics

Lazzarini won the seat of Werriwa in the 1919 election, when it was a rural electorate that included the Southern Highlands,

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and part of the

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, including Young. He won re-election at the

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and 1929 elections when Werriwa had moved eastward to include the

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and

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, but had lost the South West Slopes and some of the Southern Highlands. He was a part of break-away

from 1931 to 1936. He lost the seat at the 1931 election and regained it at the 1934 election, when it included the Sydney suburb of

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—which was then semi-rural—for the first time and had lost Goulburn. He was Minister for Home Security and Minister assisting the Treasurer in

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and second ministry and Minister for Works and Housing in

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's first ministry. The Chifley government was defeated at the 1949, but Lazzarini was re-elected for Werriwa, which had been redistributed to lose the llawarra.

Carlo Lazzarini Carlo Camillo Lazzarini (; 24 April 1880 – 26 November 1952), also known as Charlie Lazzarini, was an Australian politician affiliated with the Labor Party. He was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, where he serv ...

is Hubert's brother and was also a member of parliament, and died one month after Hubert.

Personal life

Lazzarini died of cerebral haemorrhage in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield, survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

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succeeded him in the seat of Werriwa at the 1952 by-election. Bert's great-great-great-grandneice is

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who is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

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