Alan John Hunt AM (9 October 1927 – 19 July 2013) was an Australian

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, having been a member of the

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from 1961 until 1992. Hunt started his education in

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and later attended

Melbourne Grammar School (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denomination ...

. He then went to the

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where he was a non-resident law student at

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. He was president of the Melbourne University Liberals from 1948–50 and secretary of the then

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. After obtaining a law degree he practised as a solicitor until entering the Legislative Council in 1961, representing the

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. Hunt was first appointed as a minister in 1971, under the premiership of

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. He served in a variety of portfolios under the Bolte,

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and Thompson governments, most notability as Minister for Local Government, Minister for Planning and Minister for Education. He was briefly

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in 1976. From 1979 to 1982 the Hamer government initiated and implemented the most significant and far-reaching reorganisation of the Victorian Education Department in the 20th Century. Hunt as Minister of Education (1979 – 1982) and

Norman Lacy Norman Henry Lacy (born 25 October 1941) is a former Australian politician, who was a Victorian Government Minister from May 1979 to April 1982 who grew up in Richmond, Victoria and three times represented his state at national under age basket ...

as Assistant Minister of Education (1979 – 1980) were jointly responsible for the reform policy development process and the early stages of its implementation. Together they made a formidable team in the pursuit of their mission to reform the administration of the centralised and inefficient Department. Hunt appointed Lacy Chairman of the ''Ministerial Consultative Committee'' that steered the project in its early phase and the ''Implementation Steering Committee'' later. He pulled together an impressive group of people from academia and business to assist him as well as PA Management Consultants. The Government legislated - at the end of 1981 - to scrap the teaching divisions (Primary, Secondary and Technical) and to remove the statutory bodies (The Committee of Classifiers and the Teachers’ Tribunal. Alan Hunt also served as leader of the government in the Legislative Council from 1978 until the Liberals lost government in 1982. In 1986 he challenged Jeff Kennett for the leadership of the Victorian Liberal Party but was unsuccessful.https://www.YouTube.com/QrBc8JClNow Seven National News, HSV-7 Melbourne, 21 October 1986 He retired from politics in 1992 and was the father of former Federal Liberal parliamentarian

Greg Hunt Gregory Andrew Hunt (born 18 November 1965) is a former Australian politician who was the Minister for Health between January 2017 and May 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between November 2001 and 2022, rep ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Alan 1927 births 2013 deaths People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Presidents of the Victorian Legislative Council Members of the Order of Australia Attorneys-General of Victoria Melbourne Law School alumni People from Peterborough, South Australia People educated at Melbourne Grammar School