Dr Don Hopgood | |
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Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
In office 26 July 1985 –4 September 1992 | |
Premier | John Bannon |
Preceded by | Jack Wright |
Succeeded by | Frank Blevins |
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party | |
In office July 1985 –4 September 1992 | |
Leader | John Bannon |
Preceded by | Hugh Hudson |
Succeeded by | Frank Blevins |
Minister of Community Welfare Minister of Family and Community Services | |
In office 20 April 1989 –1 October 1992 | |
In office 04 August 1988 –12 August 1988 | |
Minister for the Aged | |
In office 20 April 1989 –1 October 1992 | |
Minister of Health | |
In office 20 April 1989 –1 October 1992 | |
Minister of Water Resources | |
In office 18 December 1985 –29 July 1988 | |
Chief Secretary of South Australia | |
In office 16 July 1985 –20 April 1989 | |
Minister of Emergency Services | |
In office 16 July 1985 –20 April 1989 | |
Minister of Lands Minister of Repatriation | |
In office 10 November 1982 –16 July 1985 | |
Premier | John Bannon |
Preceded by | Peter Arnold |
Succeeded by | Roy Abbott |
Minister for Environment and Planning | |
In office 10 November 1982 –20 April 1989 | |
Minister of Education | |
In office 24 June 1975 –18 September 1979 | |
Premier | |
Preceded by | Hugh Hudson |
Succeeded by | Harold Allison |
Minister Assisting the Premier | |
In office 20 September 1973 –23 June 1975 | |
Minister of Development and Mines | |
In office 20 September 1973 –23 June 1975 | |
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Baudin | |
In office 17 September 1977 –11 December 1993 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Donald Jack Hopgood 5 September 1938 Prospect,South Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Helen Raelene Medlin (m. 1964;died 2007) |
Children | three |
Parent(s) | Jack and Gwen (nee Bessell) Hopgood |
Alma mater | Flinders University |
Moderator of the Synod of South Australia | |
Church | Uniting Church in Australia |
Elected | 1997 |
Term ended | 1999 |
Predecessor | Rev Margaret Polkinghorne |
Successor | Rev Don Catford |
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Donald Jack Hopgood AO (born 5 September 1938) is a former South Australian politician who was the 5th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992. Hopgood represented the House of Assembly seats of Mawson from 1970 to 1977 and Baudin from 1977 to 1993 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, and was promoted to the Labor frontbench in 1973.
Donald Jack Hopgood was born on born 5 September 1938 at Prospect, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide. His father worked at Berger Paints. His maternal grandfather worked at Islington Railway Workshops, while his paternal grandfather was a retired typesetter. [2]
Hopgood grew up in Prospect and was a member of the Prospect North Methodist Church Sunday school. [2] He went to Prospect Primary School and Adelaide Boys' High School. [3]
He then trained to be a teacher at Adelaide Teachers' College on Kintore Avenue, Adelaide. [4] Hopgood started learning to play jazz trumpet at age 18, and played in jazz bands at church and university. [5]
Hopgood taught from 1960 [6] at Le Fevre Boys' Technical High School for three years, then moved to Whyalla Technical High School for a year (while still studying), then Westminster School for almost five years. He started teaching science, including physics, but after graduating in arts started teaching modern history as well. He did an honours degree in arts while teaching at Westminster. [7]
He won a three-year scholarship to study for a PhD from Flinders University, [8] so left teaching to do his PhD [6] in 1968. He was still studying for his PhD when he was elected to state parliament, so converted the final year to part-time. [9] His thesis was on history, which was within the School of Social Science at Flinders, titled "A Psephological Examination of the South Australian Labor Party from World War I to the Depression". [10]
Hopgood represented the House of Assembly seats of Mawson from 1970 to 1977 and Baudin from 1977 to 1993 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, and was promoted to the Labor frontbench in 1973. [1]
Hopgood was a lay preacher during his early years as a teacher. [6]
He was moderator of the Synod of South Australia of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1997 to 1999. [11]
Hopgood got engaged in Whyalla in 1963 and married in 1964. His wife moved to Adelaide with him and also taught at Westminster School. [6]
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