Ted Hook
{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
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| name = Ted Hook
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| office1 = Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department
| term_start1 = 3 February 1964
| term_end1 = 2 February 1970
| birth_name = Edwin John Hook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|04|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|04|02|1910|04|03|df=y}}
| death_place = Benowa, Queensland
| occupation = Public servant
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| spouse = Valerie Norma Fowler Macmillan (m. 1937–1990; his death)
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Edwin John "Ted" Hook {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (3 April 1910{{spaced endash}}2 April 1990) was a senior Australian public servant best known for his time as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in the 1960s.
Life and career
Ted Hook was born to English-born parents in Forest Lodge, Sydney on 3 April 1910.{{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hook-edwin-john-ted-12653|archivedate=28 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228100636/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hook-edwin-john-ted-12653|title=Hook, Edwin John (Ted) (1910–1990)|url-status=live|first=Rosemary|last=Jennings|date=2007|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }}
In 1951 Hook joined the Attorney-General's Department. He was promoted quickly in the Department, and took a key role in the development and passage of several major pieces of legislation, including the Marriage Act 1961, and major amendments to the Crimes Act 1914. Between February 1964 and February 1970, Hook was Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department.
Hook retired from the Australian Public Service in 1970 after suffering a stress-related illness.
Hook died on 2 April 1990 in Benowa, Queensland.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122097897|url-status=live|archivedate=28 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228101103/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/122097897|title=Obituary: Edwin Hook: Sound lawyer, good officer, reliable friend|date=5 April 1990|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=7}}
Awards
Hook was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in January 1967.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1064732|archivedate=16 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116115400/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064732&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: HOOK, Edwin John|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}
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Category:Australian public servants
Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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