# Heini Becker

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{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1935)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Heinrich Thomas Becker
| honorific_suffix = [AM](/source/Order_of_Australia)
| party            = [LCL](/source/Liberal_and_Country_League) (1970-1974)<br>[Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(South_Australian_Division)) (1974-1997)
| order            =
| constituency_MP  = [Hanson](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hanson)
| parliament       = South Australian
| term_start       = 30 May 1970
| term_end         = 10 Dec 1993
| deputy           = 
| predecessor      = New District
| successor        = [Stewart Leggett](/source/Stewart_Leggett)
| constituency_MP2 = [Peake](/source/Electoral_district_of_Peake)
| parliament2      = South Australian
| term_start2      = 11 Dec 1993
| term_end2        = 10 Oct 1997
| predecessor2     = [Vic Heron](/source/Vic_Heron)
| successor2       = [Tom Koutsantonis](/source/Tom_Koutsantonis)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|01|18}}
| birth_place      = 
| spouse           = 
| occupation       = 
| signature        = 
| footnotes        =  
}}

'''Heinrich Thomas "Heini" Becker''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 18 January 1935) is a former South Australian politician who represented the [South Australian House of Assembly](/source/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) seats of [Hanson](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hanson) from 1970 to 1993 and [Peake](/source/Electoral_district_of_Peake) from 1993 to 1997 for the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(South_Australian_Division)).  He was on the Public Accounts Committee and the Economic and Finance Committee.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl|pid=2495|name=Heinrich (Heini) Thomas Becker AM|former=yes|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

Becker's father was [Dr. Johannes Heinrich Becker](/source/Johannes_Heinrich_Becker), who was interned during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) for having [Nazi](/source/Nazi) connections, and was deported to [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) in 1947.<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Perkins|first=John|year=1993|volume=13|id2=becker-johannes-heinrich-9467|title=Becker, Johannes Heinrich (1898–1961)|access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref>

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{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Hanson](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hanson)|years=1970&ndash;1993}}
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{{s-bef|before=[Vic Heron](/source/Vic_Heron)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Peake](/source/Electoral_district_of_Peake)|years=1993&ndash;1997}}
{{s-aft|after=[Tom Koutsantonis](/source/Tom_Koutsantonis)}}
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Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Category:1935 births
Category:Living people
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:Australian Lutherans
Category:Liberal and Country League politicians
Category:Australian people of German descent

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