Jack Hough

He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Wollongong-Kembla from 1965 to 1968 and Wollongong from 1968 to 1971.

He was educated at Chatswood, Berala and Parramatta before becoming a milk carter.

He studied accountancy part-time, and was also a Methodist lay preacher.

[1] In 1959, Hough was endorsed as the Liberal candidate for Wollongong-Kembla, but he was defeated by sitting Labor member Rex Connor.

Following Connor's election to the House of Representatives in 1963, Hough was defeated by Doug Porter in the 1964 by-election by only 200 votes.