Desmond Miller Hiscutt (born 5 March 1933) is an Australian former politician. He was born in

Burnie, Tasmania Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s. , Burnie had an urban popu ...

. In 1995, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, succeeding his brother

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. West Devon was renamed Emu Bay in 1997, but the seat was abolished in 1999 and Hiscutt was defeated in his run for the seat of Murchison. His niece by marriage,

Leonie Hiscutt Leonie Anne Hiscutt (born 14 January 1959) is an Australian politician, who has been a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the division of Montgomery since 2013. Hiscutt was a farmer and businesswoman prior to entering Parliament. ...

is a sitting member of the Tasmanian parliament.

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1933 births Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub