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323:. Charles' ministerial service including as Deputy Premier commenced the year before his cousin's appointment as governor, meaning that Charles was in the cabinet that recommended Roden as governor to the Queen and that later Charles was sworn in as a minister in by his governor cousin. At an early age, Charles moved to the nearby regional city of 405:, in NSW's first non-Labor government in 24 years. In later years, he also held portfolios as Minister for Local Government, Minister for Highways and Minister for Tourism. For several months in 1968 and 1972, he was Acting Premier and Treasurer in Askin's absence. He remained as Deputy Premier for most of 1975 under 370:
Charles Cutler married Dorothy Pascoe on 4 March 1943 in the Holy Trinity Church at Orange; they had one daughter and three sons. Following World War II, Cutler returned to his employment at Producers Co-operative Distributing Society Limited in Orange from 1946 to 1947. During this time, he was also
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on 3 May 1947. He was re-elected in 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971 and 1973 – ten times in total. In 1958, he was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Country Party, and in 1959, he became party leader, a position he held for 16 years.
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Following the war, Charles Cutler was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the CMF from 1948 to 1960 at which time he transferred to the Reserve Forces. Cutler was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (ED) in 1959.
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Sir Charles Cutler retired to his home at Orange. He became a member of the Former Members of New South Wales Parliament Association. From 1976 to 1978, he was a director of the
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and Loan Council. On 16 December 1975, Sir Charles retired from the New South Wales Parliament after serving continuously as a member for 28 years, 7 months and 14 days.
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newspaper. He also became the vice-president of the Orange Returned Serviceman's League Club and also president of the Orange Apex Club and district rugby union.
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On 13 May 1965, he became Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Science under the newly elected
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Sir Charles, who had been suffering from cancer, died at the age of 88 on 23 September 2006 in hospital in
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said that Sir Charles Cutler's commitment to building stronger rural communities was legendary.
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Charles Cutler joined the Country Party in 1944. He was elected as the Member for the
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in 1918, the son of George Cutler and Elizabeth Booth Cutler. His cousin,
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Group. From 1978 to 1988, he was the Chairman of that organisation.
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with his family, where he was educated at Orange Rural School and
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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leader for sixteen years and became Minister for Education and
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for service to Australian society through parliament.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

Charles Cutler (disambiguation)
The Honourable
KBE
ED

Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Sir Robert Askin
Tom Lewis
Pat Hills
Leon Punch
New South Wales Parliament
Orange
Bob O'Halloran
Garry West
Forbes, New South Wales
Orange, New South Wales
Country Party
Sir Roden Cutler
Lieutenant-Colonel
KBE
ED
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Orange
Country Party
Deputy Premier
Premiers
Robert Askin
Tom Lewis
Forbes
Sir Arthur Roden Cutler

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