{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Kay Hull Australia Day 2009.jpg | caption = Kay Hull in 2009 | name = Kay Hull | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}} | birth_name = Kay Elizabeth George | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|02|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Guyra, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | office = | term_start = 3 October 1998 | term_end = 19 July 2010 | predecessor = Noel Hicks | successor = Michael McCormack | party = The Nationals | constituency_MP = Riverina | parliament = Australian | majority = | spouse = Graeme Hull | children = 3 sons | website = | footnotes = }} '''Kay Elizabeth Hull''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 3 February 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2010, representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales.
Hull was born in Guyra, New South Wales, and was a small business owner and operator before entering politics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/mp-profiles/rive.htm |title=Find Your Local MP |work=Q&A |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=22 January 2010}}</ref> She was a councillor of the City of Wagga Wagga from 1991 to 1998. A small caricature of her is displayed on a Regional Express Saab 340 aircraft.<ref>{{cite web | title =Biography for HULL, Kay Elizabeth | publisher =Parliament of Australia | url =http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2F83O%22 | accessdate = 23 January 2010 }}</ref>
On 6 April 2010, Kay Hull announced that she wouldn't be contesting the next Federal election, after 12 years serving the Riverina electorate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nationals MP Kay Hull won't contest seat of Riverina at Federal election |publisher=Herald Sun |date=6 April 2010 |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/nationals-mp-kay-hull-wont-contest-seat-of-riverina-at-federal-election/story-e6frf7jx-1225850635533 |accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
In April 2010, Charles Sturt University named the Kay Hull Veterinary Teaching Hospital in its South Campus in honour of Kay Hull.<ref>{{cite news |title=CSU names vet hospital in Kay Hull's honour |first=Ben |last=Higgins |publisher=The Daily Advertiser |date=15 April 2010 |url=https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/csu-names-vet-hospital-in-kay-hulls-honour/1803709.aspx |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref>
In May 2010, Regional Express Airlines named the Kay Hull Conference Room at the Australian Airline Pilot Academy in honour of Kay Hull.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rex pilot training school opens |publisher=The Daily Advertiser |date=31 May 2010 |url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/multimedia/13287/65771/rex-pilot-training-school-opens.aspx?Start=0&page=1 |accessdate=31 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123402/http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/multimedia/13287/65771/rex-pilot-training-school-opens.aspx?Start=0&page=1 |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
In March 2011, she was awarded the Freedom of the City by Wagga Wagga city council for her "tenacity, resilience, courage and conviction in her representation of her constituents."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121113080815/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/21/3169077.htm?site=riverina Kay Hull to be awarded Freedom of the City] ABC News online. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.</ref> Hull was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, and was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.<ref name="SMH 2021">{{cite news |title=Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours - the full list |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/queen-s-birthday-2021-honours-the-full-list-20210613-p580pa.html |access-date=13 June 2021 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment Co. |date=13 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Kay Elizabeth Hull AM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2008772|access-date=2021-06-13|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>
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