He was the Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 May 1991 until 24 March 2007.

He was defeated at the 2007 election by the independent Mayor of Lake Macquarie, Greg Piper.

Whilst the Member for Lake Macquarie, Hunter sat and co-chaired on many Standing Committees including: Small Business, Road Safety, Health Care complaints, New South Wales Parliamentary Asia Pacific Friendship Group and the printing committee.

[2] At the 2007 State election, Hunter was defeated by Greg Piper as the member for Lake Macquarie after 15 years, subsequently ending 37 years of Hunter family representation in Lake Macquarie in State Government.

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