{{Short description|Australian politician (1840–1902)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
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'''Theodore Hack''' (17 November 1840 – 27 December 1902) was a South Australian politician.
He was born at Echunga, South Australia, a son of John Barton Hack and his wife Bridget Hack, née Watson, and was educated at the Adelaide Educational Institution.<ref name=THobit>{{cite web |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4910762 |title=The Late Mr Theodore Hack |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=29 December 1902 |page=4 |access-date=4 August 2011 |via=Trove}}</ref>
Hack was by turns landing officer at Semaphore, harbormaster at Port Willunga, clerk with the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, railway storekeeper, timber merchant (with his sister-in-law Stella Ann Robin after the death of her husband Theophilus Robin), then valuer and architect.<ref name=THobit/> He was member of the Port Adelaide council (and for two years its mayor)<ref name=THobit/> and the first mayor of Semaphore,<ref name=THobit/> as well as a member of the House of Assembly, representing Gumeracha between 1890 and 1893.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=3785 |name=Theodore Hack |former=yes |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
Hack was a judge at the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition in 1887, a member of the Central Roads' Board and the Fire Brigades' Board, a lay preacher for the Methodist Church and active with several Methodist organisations. He was president of the Local Teachers' Association, the governing body of Prince Alfred College, chairman and treasurer of the Prisoners' Aid Society and an active member of the Chamber of Manufacturers. He died of Bright's disease, from which he had suffered for some time.<ref name=THobit/>
==Family== Theodore Hack married Elvira Louisa Ansell (c. 1842 – 7 October 1890) on 17 November 1864. Their children included: *Ernest Barton Hack (13 May 1867 – 27 March 1936) married Isabelle Maddison (c. 1870–1949) of Glenelg some time after 1890.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166375642 |title=Late Social |newspaper=Quiz and The Lantern |volume=II |issue=54 |location=South Australia |date=5 September 1890 |access-date=30 December 2016 |page=12 |via=Trove}}</ref> He was a chess enthusiast and architect of Coolgardie, Western Australia, had pyrrhic victory in WA Supreme Court 1898,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217320300 |title=Coolgardie Bankruptcy Court |newspaper=Coolgardie Miner |date=5 August 1898 |access-date=12 September 2021 |page=6 |via=Trove}}</ref> moved to Kew, Victoria. *Harold Ansell Hack (2 July 1869 – 6 February 1937)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230795036 |title=Long Career Ended |newspaper=The Sun |date=6 February 1937 |access-date=30 December 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}</ref> married Maud May Southward in Coolgardie, Western Australia on 14 September 1900. *Emily Bbe{{efn|This is not a typographical error. "Bbe" was a name given to, or adopted by, several members of the Hack family and reported without comment in ''Chequered Lives'', the biography of the Hack family of South Australia.}} Hack (1871 – 20 June 1952<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93926101 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Chronicle (Adelaide) |volume=94 |issue=5,349 |location=South Australia |date=26 June 1952 |accessdate=28 September 2025 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>) married James Fergusson Ballantyne (1868–1929), son of James Ballantyne, in 1901,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4920377 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=XLIV |issue=13,492 |location=South Australia |date=15 January 1902 |accessdate=28 September 2025 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> lived in Glenburnie, South Australia. *(Theodore) Bernard Hack (26 February 1873 – ) moved to Tasmania<ref name=about/> *Stella Ellie Hack (12 January 1875 – 1957) lived in Wayville, South Australia. *Clement Alfred Hack (17 March 1877 – 8 June 1930) was a prominent patent attorney in Victoria.<ref name=about>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54231426 |title=About People |newspaper=The Register News-Pictorial |date=10 June 1930 |access-date=30 December 2016 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref> *Wilfred Hack (1879–1879) *Roy Darton Hack (7 February 1882 Adelaide – 1966 Armadale, Vic.) They adopted Elsie Miriam Earl (1881–1976), who was known for some time as Elsie Miriam Earl Hack. She was a student at Knightsbridge School and a fine pianist and singer. She married John Arthur Ballantyne (1873–1942), son of James Ballantyne, on 7 August 1907, lived in Wayville, South Australia. Step-sisters marrying brothers.
Hack married again, to Elizabeth Jane Almers, née Nancarrow (1858–1914) in Adelaide, in 1898.
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