Robert Hunter (24 August 1877 – 10 June 1960) was an Australian politician who represented the

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from 1930 to 1933. He was elected as a member of the Labor Party, but was expelled from the party in the 1931 Labor split and sat with the splinter

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for the remainder of his term. Outside of politics, he was the junior partner in Hunter Bros., a fruitgrowing and farming firm operating at

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and

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1877 births 1960 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Members of the South Australian House of Assembly {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub