Pat Hills

Infobox_Officeholder
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name=Patrick Darcy Hills
honorific-suffix =
AO
nationality=Australian
order=Deputy Premier of New South Wales
term_start=1964
term_end=1965
deputy =
predecessor=Jack Renshaw
successor= Charles Cutler
constituency= Elizabeth
order2=Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
term_start2=1968
term_end2=1973
order4=70th Lord Mayor of Sydney
term_start4=1953
term_end4=1956
deputy =
predecessor4=Ernest Charles O'Dea
successor4= Harry Jensen
birth_date=Birth date|1917|12|31|df=y
birth_place=Sydney, Australia
death_date=death date and age|1992|4|22|1917|12|31|df=y
death_place=Sydney, Australia
spouse=
party=Australian Labor Party

Patrick Darcy 'Pat' Hills AO (31 December 1917 - 22 April 1992) was a New South Wales politician.

Early life

Hills was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Darlinghurst and was apprenticed as an electrical engineer.

He was an alderman on Sydney City Council from 1948 to 1956 and Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1953 to 1956, when only in his thirties.

Political career

Hills was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Phillip in 1954, representing the Australian Labor Party, which he held to its abolition in 1981. He was then member for Elizabeth for 1988. He was Minister for Local Government in the cabinet of Premier Robert Heffron (1959-1964), and Deputy Premier under Heffron's successor Jack Renshaw. He was also the State Opposition Leader from 1968 to 1973, following Renshaw's departure from the Labor leadership. Afterwards Hills served in several portfolios, notably that of industrial relations, in the Labor government of Neville Wran from 1976 to 1986. Altogether he was in parliament for 33 years (1954-1988).

Hills was the only parliamentary leader of the New South Wales Labor Party not to have been premier since World War II. Hills died in Sydney.

Honours

Hills was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. [cite web
title =The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917 - 1992)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/286476b312ae66dfca256a95000757cd!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-04-19 ]

The suburb of Hillsdale, New South Wales is named after Hills.

References

Persondata
NAME=Hills, Patrick Darcy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=New South Wales politician
DATE OF BIRTH=31 December 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH=Surry Hills, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH=22 April 1992
PLACE OF DEATH=Sydney