Nicholas Hawken

In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Newtown.

In 1899 Hawken was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served until his death[1] and was reportedly a "ready and forcible debater".

[3] For example, in 1890 he had made a spirited defence in Parliament of the new and controversial sculptures on Sydney's General Post Office.

[4] Hawken died at his home "The Gables" in City Road, Darlington in 1908, leaving "a number of literary productions", among which were some verse and some works on political subjects.

[6] The surviving remains of one of his firm's buildings, the Hawken and Vance Produce Exchange, are listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.