Alan Hulme

Sir Alan Hulme
The Honourable; Sir Alan Hulme; KBE
Postmaster-General of Australia
	In office; 18 December 1963 – 5 December 1972
Prime Minister	Robert Menzies; Harold Holt; John McEwen; William McMahon
Preceded by	Charles Davidson
Succeeded by	Lance Barnard
Vice-President of the Executive Council
	In office; 26 January 1966 – 5 December 1972
Prime Minister	Harold Holt; John McEwen; William McMahon
Preceded by	William McMahon
Succeeded by	Lance Barnard
Minister for Supply
	In office; 22 December 1961 – 18 December 1963
Prime Minister	Harold Holt
Preceded by	Athol Townley
Succeeded by	Allen Fairhall
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Petrie
	In office; 10 December 1949 – 9 December 1961
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Reginald O'Brien
	In office; 30 November 1963 – 2 November 1972
Preceded by	Reginald O'Brien
Succeeded by	Marshall Cooke
Personal details
Born	14 February 1907; Mosman, New South Wales
Died	9 October 1989 (aged 82); Nambour
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Accountant

Sir Alan Shallcross Hulme KBE (14 February 1907 – 9 October 1989) was an Australian politician, accountant and cattle breeder.[1] He was born in the Sydney suburb of Mosman and was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.[2] He moved to Queensland before World War II, where he practised as an accountant. He was a founding member of the Queensland People's Party and was its president in 1949, when it merged with the Liberal Party.

Hulme won the House of Representatives seat of Petrie at its creation at the 1949 election for the Liberal Party. He was Minister for Supply from 1958 to his defeat in the 1961 election by Reginald O'Brien. He won Petrie back at the 1963 election and became Postmaster-General until his retirement at the 1972 election. He was also Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1966 to 1972. As Postmaster-General, he was responsible for the introduction of an Australian-owned satellite system in 1970, Aussat, which was later privatised as Optus. In 1972 he was involved in the decision to impose health warnings on cigarette advertising. He was also responsible for the controversial decision to build Black Mountain Tower in Canberra. In 1972 he announced that colour television would be introduced in Australia from 1 March 1975,[3] by which time he had retired from politics and his party was out of office.

Hulme was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1971.[4] He died in 1989, survived by two sons and a daughter.

Notes

Coleman, Peter, "Hulme, Sir Alan Shallcross (1907–1989)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
p. 437 Who's Who in Australia 1985
Trans-Tasman spur to colour TV, The Age, 1 January 2003
"It's an Honour: KBE". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Athol Townley	Minister for Supply 1958–1961	Succeeded by Allen Fairhall
Preceded by Charles Davidson	Postmaster-General 1963–1972	Succeeded by Lionel Bowen
Preceded by William McMahon	Vice-President of the Executive Council 1966–1972	Succeeded by Don Willesee
Parliament of Australia
New division	Member for Petrie 1949–1961	Succeeded by Reginald O'Brien
Preceded by Reginald O'Brien	Member for Petrie 1963–1972	Succeeded by Marshall Cooke

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[Hulme,_Sir_Alan_Shallcross_(1907–1989)-1] Coleman, Peter, "Hulme, Sir Alan Shallcross (1907–1989)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

[2] . 437 Who's Who in Australia 1985

[3] Trans-Tasman spur to colour TV, The Age, 1 January 2003

[4] "It's an Honour: KBE". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.