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About Edward Hocking
- Edward John Hocking (9 September 1874 – 23 May 1944) was an Australian politician. He was born at Waterloo in Sydney to storekeeper Francis Hocking and Louisa, née Collins.
- He attended Cleveland Street Public School and established Hocking Brothers, a building and contracting firm, in 1898, eventually becoming a significant employer.
- On 10 March 1902 he married Ethel Westacott at Pyrmont, with whom he had four children.
- He became director of the Canterbury Brick Company, the Master Builders' Insurance Company and Hocking Indestructible Water Heater Company, and was also president of the Canterbury-Bankstown branch of the Master Builders Association from 1919 to 1928.
- In 1932 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Canterbury; he was defeated in 1935.
- Hocking died at Camperdown in 1944.
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