Don Hopgood

South Australian Parliament
for Baudin
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 (age 85); Labor
Spouse	Helen Raelene Medlin (m. 1964; died 2007)
Children	three
Parent(s)	Jack and Gwen (nee Bessell) Hopgood
Synod of South Australia
Church	Uniting Church in Australia
Elected	1997
Term ended	1999
Predecessor	Rev Margaret Polkinghorne
Successor	Rev Don Catford

Donald Jack Hopgood

South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, and was promoted to the Labor frontbench in 1973.^[1]

Hopgood was moderator of the

Synod of South Australia of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1997 to 1999.^[2]

Early life

Hopgood was born in 1938 at

Adelaide Boys' High School.^[4]

Hopgood started learning to play jazz trumpet at age 18. He played in jazz bands at church and university.

Kintore Avenue, Adelaide and taught 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.^[6] He won a scholarship to study for a PhD from Flinders University after he had been a teacher.^[7] He was still studying for his PhD when he was elected to state parliament, so converted the final year to part-time.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hon Dr Don Hopgood AO". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "About Hopgood Theatre". Country Arts SA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
^ Murchie 2013, pp. 2–3
^ Murchie 2013, pp. 26, 29
^ Murchie 2013, p38
^ Murchie 2013, pp 52–53, 61, 63, 67
^ Murchie 2013, pp 70, 84
^ Murchie 2013, p 98

Murchie, Alison (14 April – 19 September 2013), Full transcript of an interview with Don Hopgood (PDF) (transcript), Transcribed by Deborah Gard, retrieved 21 April 2019
Linn, Rob, "Hopgood, Don" (PDF), J.D. SOMERVILLE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: INTERVIEW NO. OH 715/6, SOHC/OH 715/6, retrieved 21 April 2019

Political offices
Preceded by Jack Wright	Deputy Premier of South Australia 1985 – 1992	Succeeded by Frank Blevins
South Australian House of Assembly
New district	Member for Mawson 1970–1977	Succeeded by Leslie Drury
New district	Member for Baudin 1977–1993	District abolished

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[parliament-1] "Hon Dr Don Hopgood AO". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[2] "About Hopgood Theatre". Country Arts SA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[3] Murchie 2013, pp. 2–3

[4] Murchie 2013, pp. 26, 29

[5] Murchie 2013, p38

[6] Murchie 2013, pp 52–53, 61, 63, 67

[7] Murchie 2013, pp 70, 84

[8] Murchie 2013, p 98

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