William Hedges (New South Wales politician)

He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1927 to 1941, representing the electorate of Monaro.

He worked as a woolclasser after leaving school, and in 1909, became a grazier at Rock Flat, near Cooma.

Hedges first ran for public office at the 1922 federal election, when he was in an unwinnable position on the Country Party's Senate ticket.

He first attempted to enter state politics in 1925, when he unsuccessfully contested multi-member Goulburn as a Progressive.

In 1927, after the return to single-member electorates, he contested Monaro for the Country Party, and defeated sitting Labor MLA Paddy Stokes.