{{short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Sir Denham Henty | honorific_suffix = KBE | image = DenhamHenty1967.jpg | office = Leader of the Government in the Senate | leader = Harold Holt | predecessor = Shane Paltridge | successor = John Gorton | term_start = 26 January 1966 | term_end = 16 October 1967 | office2 = Minister for Supply | prime_minister2 = Harold Holt<br/>John McEwen<br/>John Gorton | term_start2 = 26 January 1966 | term_end2 = 28 February 1968 | predecessor2 = Allen Fairhall | successor2 = Ken Anderson | office3 = Minister for Civil Aviation | prime_minister3 = Robert Menzies | term_start3 = 10 June 1964 | term_end3 = 26 January 1966 | predecessor3 = Shane Paltridge | successor3 = Reg Swartz | office4 = Minister for Customs and Excise | prime_minister4 = Robert Menzies | term_start4 = 24 October 1956 | term_end4 = 10 June 1964 | predecessor4 = Frederick Osborne | successor4 = Ken Anderson | title5 = Senator for Tasmania | term_start5 = 1 July 1950 | term_end5 = 30 June 1968 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1903|10|13}} | birth_place = Longford, Tasmania, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|5|9|1903|10|13}} | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Faith Spotswood|1930}} | party = Liberal | relations = Jim Henty (brother) | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Sir Norman Henry Denham Henty''', KBE (13 October 1903 – 9 May 1978) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1950 to 1968. He held ministerial office as Minister for Customs and Excise (1956–1964), Civil Aviation (1964–1966), and Supply (1966–1968). He also served as mayor of Launceston from 1948 to 1949.
==Early life== Henty was born in Longford, Tasmania, the second child of Thomas Norman Henty and Sarah Nina Lily Mary, née Wilson. His grandfather was Thomas Henty, part of the pioneering Henty family. He was educated at Launceston Church Grammar School. He left school at fourteen to work in his father's wholesale business. In March 1930 he married Faith Gordon Spotswood and they subsequently had three sons and a daughter. He served as an alderman on Launceston City Council from 1943 to 1951 and was mayor from 1948 to 1949.<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Chapman |first= R. J. K. |authorlink= |year=1996 |id=A140503b |title= Henty, Sir Norman Henry Denham (1903 - 1978) |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref>
==Politics== Henty was elected to the Senate of Australia at the 1949 election, representing the Liberal Party and served until his retirement in June 1968.<ref name="Au Senate">{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=henty-norman-henry-denham|name=HENTY, Sir Norman Henry Denham (1903–1978)|first=Ralph J. K.|last=Chapman|year=2010|access-date=2023-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Members of the Senate since 1901 |work=Parliamentary Handbook |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/cotton.kingsmill.htm |accessdate=2007-12-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901115525/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/cotton.kingsmill.htm |archivedate=1 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> He served as Minister for Customs and Excise from October 1956 to June 1964. In 1960 he prohibited the export of Australian native fauna for commercial purposes.<ref name=adb/> From June 1964 to January 1966, he was Minister for Civil Aviation and he was then Minister for Supply until February 1968.<ref name="Au Senate" />
==Honours== He was knighted in 1968 for parliamentary service.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1234|recipient=Norman Henry|award=Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|date=1968-06-08|postnominal=KBE|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref> The Denham Henty Waterscape in Launceston's Civic Square is named in his honour.
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before=Frederick Osborne }} {{s-ttl | title= Minister for Customs and Excise | years=1956–1964}} {{s-aft | after=Ken Anderson }} {{s-bef | before= Shane Paltridge }} {{s-ttl | title= Minister for Civil Aviation | years=1964–1966}} {{s-aft | after= Reginald Swartz }} {{s-bef | before= Allen Fairhall}} {{s-ttl | title= Minister for Supply | years=1966–1968}} {{s-aft | after= Ken Anderson }} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef | before=Shane Paltridge}} {{s-ttl | title=Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate | years=1966–1967}} {{s-aft | after=John Gorton}} {{s-end}}
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