Clive Matthew Hughes (23 June 1947 – 4 April 1986) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1984 until his death, representing the seat of Cockburn. Hughes was born in

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, England, to Agnes Veronica (née Carroll) and Francis Malachy Hughes. He and his parents emigrated to Australia when he was a small child. He attended various schools, including

Christian Brothers College, Fremantle , motto_translation = Goodness is its own reward , established = , type = Independent secondary school , gender = Boys , religion = Catholicism , denomination = Congregation of Christian Brothers , slogan = , principal = Domenic Burgio ...

, before going on to the

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, but did not complete his degree. Working for

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, a chemical and fertiliser supplier, Hughes became involved with the

Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union The Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union (F.M.W.U.), commonly known as the 'Missos', was an Australian trade union which existed between 1915 and 1992. It represented an extremely diverse and disparate range of occupations, but its core support ...

, serving as a

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and later as an organiser. He was elected to the

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in 1980, and served until 1985.Clive Matthew Hughes
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2016. Hughes entered parliament at the 1984 Cockburn by-election, which had been caused by the resignation of Don Taylor (a former

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). He was re-elected at the 1986 state election. Hughes was undergoing treatment for

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at the time of the election, and died of the disease less than two months later, aged 38. He had married Elizabeth Woodcock in 1977, with whom he had two children.

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