John Allison Raymond Hyatt (28 July 1893 – 29 March 1969) was an Australian politician. Born in Blakeville to sawmiller Henry Hyatt and Elizabeth Dalton, he attended Blakeville State School and became a sawmiller and timber contractor. He served in the Australian Imperial Force's 14th Battalion in

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during

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; on 22 December 1917 he married Elizabeth Stratton, with whom he had four children. Returning from the war in 1918 he became a postal worker, and became involved in the Postal Workers' Union. In 1943 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Warrenheip and Grenville, transferring to Hampden in 1945. He was defeated in 1947. Hyatt died at

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in 1969.

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, - 1893 births 1969 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Army soldiers Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub