Cyril Hackett
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Cyrill Hackett | |
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 Hackett in 1960 | |
| Interior Minister of Sainte-Chloé | |
| In office 23 March 1959 – 5 March 1965 | |
| President | Camille Pétain |
| Prime Minister | Raymond Rivière |
| Preceded by | Louis Garrigou |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Monteclare |
| Finance Minister of Sainte-Chloé | |
| In office 17 Feburary 1958 – 23 March 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Réginald Grenier |
| Succeeded by | Henri Lagrange |
| Minister of Transport of Sainte-Chloé | |
| In office 14 Feburary 1954 – 17 Feburary 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Georges Lejeune |
| Senator of Sainte-Chloé | |
| In office 14 Feburary 1954 – 28 April 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Charles DeKoninck |
| Legislative Councilor of the United Provinces | |
| In office 5 August 1945 – 14 Feburary 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cyril Charles Hackett October 13, 1904 Chuquet, Saint Hubert's Parish, Imagua |
| Died | 12 December 2005 (aged 101) Bone, Sainte-Geneviève Sainte-Chloé |
| Citizenship | Imagua United Provinces Sainte-Chloé |
| Political party | SDP (1930-1954) PCT (1954-) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Hackett (m. 1928) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents |
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Cyril Charles Hackett (13 October 1904 – 12 December 2005) was an Estmero-Imaguan politician in both the United Provinces and independent Sainte-Chloé. He served as a Legislative Councilor for the United Provinces from 1945-1954, choosing to remain even after Imagua's succession, and was the only remaining Imaguan to support the adoption of the new Constitution in the 1953 Constitutional Crisis. He was made a citizen of Sainte-Chloé and became a Senator with the creation of an independent republic in 1954. He became a cabinet minister in the government of Raymond Rivière, functioning as the country's first Transportation Minister, eventually rising to the position of Interior Minister in 1959. He was a candidate for leadership in the 1966 leadership challenge in the Catholic Labour Party following Rivière's retirement, but was ultimately unsuccessful, and left office in 1969. During his tenure, he is known for assisting in repairing of relations of Sainte-Chloé with Imagua and for overseeing successful developments of infastructure during the early indepedent state.
Early life
Cyril Hackett was born in the town of Chuquet, Saint Hubert's Parish, on 13 October, 1904, to Enoch Hackett, owner of a large sugar plantation near Chuquet, and his wife, Lina Hackett (nee Simpson), as the second of three children, and the only son. His father's side were descendants of Flurian nobles who, in the aftermath of the Asterian War of Secession, moved to the Colony of Imagua and purchased land in Saint Hubert's Parish and the slaves on the land from a departing Gaullican family.
Hackett would attend a prestigious school in Saint-André from 1909 until being admitted to the Saint-André Grammar School in 1914. At the grammar school, Cyril Hackett demonstrated an interest in the fine arts, particularly music, governance, and in Gaullican, with a teacher describing Cyril Hackett's Gaullican as "being indistinguishable from a merchant in Port de la Sainte. Cyril Hackett would graduate from the Saint-André Grammar School in 1919, and subsequently would go to a seminary to become a priest. However, this was interrupted when in 1921, Enoch Hackett died in a farming accident, and Cyril was forced to abandon his studies and return to the sugar plantation.
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Political Career
Legislative Councilor
Moving with his family to Sainte-Chloé, 5 August 1945
In the 1953 elections of the United Provinces, the Democrats suffered a horrible electoral defeat, losing to the combined
Cabinet Minister
With Sainte-Chloé formally gained its own government
Leadership Candidate
Later Life
Upon retiring,
Personal Life
Cyril married Elizabeth Stephens, a daughter of a sugar plantation owner, in 1928. The couple had four sons, three sons and one daughter.
- Xavier Hackett (1929-1998), who remained in Imagua and would run the plantation after his father departed for the United Provinces. When his father acquired Sainte-Chloé citizenship in 1954, the Hackett estates were given to Xavier. Xavier owned them until the economic crisis Sugar Crash then sold most of the plantation off in 1966, although he kept the family's estate house. Had 2 sons.
- Samuel Hackett (1932-1986), who used his name to acquire a position at the Bank of the Arucian. Remained in banking until his retirement, and used his connexions to open several branches in Sainte-Chloé. Had one daughter.
- Cynthia Roy (nee Hackett) (1935-2003), who married Roderic Roy, the son of the owner of the Subercaseaux United and member of the Gallois community of Sainte-Chloé in 1953. The couple would have five children, three daughters and two sons. Her grandson, Charles Roy, would become a prominent player in the Arucian Baseball League.
- Percy Hackett (1939-), who was only 6 years old when he went went with his father to Sainte-Chloé, remained in the country after his father's moves and also entered into the Marines and rose to the rank of colonel. He inherited his father's Chloéois properties and has six children, four sons and two daughters. One of these, Edward Hackett, was named Bishop of Clermont.