Pat Hills
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The Honourable Pat Hills AO |
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| 6th Deputy Premier of New South Wales | |
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In office 30 April 1964 – 13 May 1965 |
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| Premier | Jack Renshaw |
| Preceded by | Jack Renshaw |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cutler |
| 22nd Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales Elections: 1971, 1973 |
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In office 2 December 1968 – 17 November 1973 |
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| Deputy | Syd Einfeld |
| Preceded by | Jack Renshaw |
| Succeeded by | Neville Wran |
| 70th Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
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In office 9 December 1952 – 30 November 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Ernest Charles O'Dea |
| Succeeded by | Harry Jensen |
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31 December 1917 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 22 April 1992 (aged 74) Sydney, Australia |
| Resting place | Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Stella Steele Hills |
Patrick Darcy 'Pat' Hills AO (31 December 1917 – 22 April 1992) was a New South Wales politician. He served in various high offices across the state most notably the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Leader of the Opposition and as the Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Hills was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Darlinghurst and was apprenticed as an electrical engineer.
He was an alderman on Sydney City Council from 1948 to 1956 and Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1953 to 1956, when only in his thirties.
Hills was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Phillip in 1954, representing the Australian Labor Party; he held the seat till its abolition in 1981. Then, until 1988, he served as member for Elizabeth.
He was Minister for Local Government in the cabinet of Premier Robert Heffron (1959-1964), and Deputy Premier under Heffron's successor Jack Renshaw. Following Renshaw's departure from the Labor leadership, Hills was the State Opposition Leader from 1968 to 1973; at the 1971 and 1973 state elections he was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Premier, Sir Robert Askin.
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