Kay Hull
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox officeholder Kay Elizabeth Hull Template:Post-nominals (born 3 February 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2010, representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales.
Hull was born in Guyra, New South Wales, and was a small business owner and operator before entering politics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She was a councillor of the City of Wagga Wagga from 1991 to 1998. A small caricature of her is displayed on a Regional Express Saab 340 aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On 6 April 2010, Kay Hull announced that she wouldn't be contesting the next Federal election, after 12 years serving the Riverina electorate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 2010, Charles Sturt University named the Kay Hull Veterinary Teaching Hospital in its South Campus in honour of Kay Hull.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2010, Regional Express Airlines named the Kay Hull Conference Room at the Australian Airline Pilot Academy in honour of Kay Hull.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2011, she was awarded the Freedom of the City by Wagga Wagga city council for her "tenacity, resilience, courage and conviction in her representation of her constituents."<ref>Kay Hull to be awarded Freedom of the City ABC News online. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.</ref> Hull was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, and was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.<ref name="SMH 2021">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Riverina
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- People from Wagga Wagga
- Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- 20th-century Australian women politicians
- Australian MPs 1998–2001
- Australian MPs 2001–2004
- Australian MPs 2004–2007
- Australian MPs 2007–2010