Charles Bennett (Australian politician)

Charles Edward Bennett MBE (5 March 1894 – 3 September 1968) was an Australian politician.

He attended a convent school, Durham College at Dungog and then Fort Street Model School in Sydney before studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney until 1916.

From 1930 to 1963 he was chairman of the Dungog Hospital Board, and he served as secretary of the Australian Racing Association from 1922 to 1932.

[1] In 1934, Bennett was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Gloucester, succeeding his father.

He served until 1941, when he was defeated by Ray Fitzgerald, an independent candidate.