Horace Cox Hogben (20 September 1888 – 18 December 1975) was an Australian politician who represented the

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seat of Sturt from 1933 to 1938 for the

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. Hogben was born at

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and was educated at Magill and

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state schools, the

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and the

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. He was hired as a junior with

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in Port Pirie from 1905 to 1907, then as a clerk for David J. Fowler from 1907 to 1917, as company secretary for E. and W. Hackett Limited from 1977 to 1922, and as accountant and office manager for Cowell Brothers and Co. Ltd from 1922 to 1930. He was a public accountant and auditor from 1930. Hogben was the honorary secretary of the Young Liberal League from 1930 and the honorary treasurer of the

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in 1931. He also served as president of the Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers Friendly Society, a trustee of the

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, deputy chairman of the

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and a board member of the Co-operative Building Society. Hogben was elected to the House of Assembly in the LCL landslide at the 1933 election in the seat of Sturt. Following an electoral redistribution due to the abolition of multi-member seats, he contested the seat of

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at the 1938 election, but was defeated. He married Clara Margaret Marion McPharlin; they had one son and one daughter.

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1888 births 1975 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub