Hugh Latimer (8 October 1896 – 10 May 1954) was an Australian politician. He was born in Woollahra, the son of

William Fleming Latimer William Fleming Latimer (1858 – 21 July 1935) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, to farmer William Latimer and Sarah Ann Fleming. He attended the Erasmus Smith school near Flo ...

. Educated at a local public school and then at

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, he became an accountant. On 8 November 1919 he married Jean McClelland; they had one son. From 1923 to 1954 he was a Woollahra alderman, serving as mayor from 1932 to 1935 and from 1949 to 1951. From 1934 to 1954 he served as a member of the

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, first for the United Australia Party and then as a Liberal. He died at Woollahra in 1954.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latimer, Hugh 1896 births 1954 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors of Woollahra People educated at Fort Street High School