Hector Kinloch
Hector Gilchrist Lusk Mactaggart Kinloch (14 December 1927 – 6 August 1993) was an American-born Australian academic and politician. Biography He was born Boston, Massachusetts, in 1927. He travelled to England, where he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with first class honours in history in 1949. After graduating he served in the US Army for three years. In 1960, he moved to Australia and lectured in history at the University of Adelaide. From 1965-1968, he was Visiting Fulbright Professor of US History at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He joined the Australian National University in Canberra in 1968 and remained there until 1988. He helped establish the National Association for Gambling Studies and was a vociferous critic of the proposed Casino Canberra. Given his anti-gambling stance he was invited by Bernard Collaery of the Residents Rally to be a candidate in the inaugural ACT Legislative Assembly election. He was elected in 1989 and retired in 1992. He died on . Personal life and religious background Hector Kinloch's childhood was difficult, with many family crises and periods living in Dr Barnado's Homes and foster care. He was married twice to Anne Russell from 1955 to 1964 (divorce finalized in