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Dr Don Hopgood
Deputy Premier of South Australia
In office
26 July 1985 – 4 September 1992
PremierJohn Bannon
Preceded byJack Wright
Succeeded byFrank Blevins
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Labor Party
In office
July 1985 – 4 September 1992
LeaderJohn Bannon
Preceded byHugh Hudson
Succeeded byFrank 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
PremierJohn Bannon
Preceded byPeter Arnold
Succeeded byRoy 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 byHugh Hudson
Succeeded byHarold 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 byDistrict created
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born
Donald Jack Hopgood

(1938-09-05) 5 September 1938 (age 86)
Prospect, South Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
Helen Raelene Medlin
(m. 1964; died 2007)
Childrenthree
Parent(s)Jack and Gwen (nee Bessell) Hopgood
Alma materFlinders University
Moderator of the Synod of South Australia
ChurchUniting Church in Australia
Elected1997
Term ended1999
PredecessorRev Margaret Polkinghorne
SuccessorRev 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.

Early life and education

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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]

Career

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Teaching

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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]

Politics

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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]

Other activities

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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]

Personal life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hon Dr Don Hopgood AO". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Murchie 2013, pp. 2–3
  3. ^ Murchie 2013, pp. 26, 29
  4. ^ Murchie 2013, p.51
  5. ^ Murchie 2013, p38
  6. ^ a b c d Hopgood, Don. "Full transcript of an interview with DON HOPGOOD" (PDF) (Interview). J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, State Library of South Australia: Interview No. OH 715/6. Interviewed by Linn, Rob. p. 1,5-6. SOHC/OH 715/6. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ Murchie 2013, pp 52–53, 61, 63, 67
  8. ^ Murchie 2013, pp 70, 84
  9. ^ Murchie 2013, p 98
  10. ^ Murchie 2013, p.55
  11. ^ "About Hopgood Theatre". Country Arts SA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

Source

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  • Hopgood, Don (14 April – 19 September 2013). "Full transcript of an interview with Don Hopgood" (PDF). J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, State Library of South Australia: Interview No. OH 1025 (transcript). Interviewed by Murchie, Alison. Transcribed by Deborah Gard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Premier of South Australia
1985 – 1992
Succeeded by
South Australian House of Assembly
New district Member for Mawson
1970–1977
Succeeded by
New district Member for Baudin
1977–1993
District abolished