Charles Hackett (28 January 1889 – 13 February 1976) was an Australian politician. He was born at Ultimo to labourer Charles Hackett and Helen Ferguson. He was an employee of Sydney City Council for many years. On 10 June 1922 he married Mary Doyle, with whom he had five children. A long-time Labor Party member, he was secretary of the Pyrmont Denison branch and served on the central executive from 1920 to 1921, 1931 to 1939 and 1941 to 1944. In 1943 he was elected to the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...

. Expelled from the Labor Party in 1959 for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, he became involved with the

Independent Labor Group The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition ...

. He was defeated in 1964 and retired from politics. Hackett died in 1976 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackett, Charles 1889 births 1976 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Independent Labor Group politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians