Denham Henty

The Honourable Sir Denham Henty KBE
Senator for Tasmania
In office 1 July 1950 – 30 June 1968
Personal details
Born	(1903-10-13)13 October 1903 Longford, Tasmania
Died
Political party	Liberal

Sir (Norman Henry) Denham Henty, KBE (13 October 1903 – 9 May 1978) was an Australian politician.

Henty was born in Longford, Tasmania and educated at Launceston Church Grammar School. He left school at fourteen to work in his fathers 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.

Henty was elected to the Senate of Australia at the 1949 election, representing the Liberal Party and served until his retirement in June 1968. 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. From June 1964 to January 1966, he was Minister for Civil Aviation and he was then Minister for Supply until February 1968. He was knighted in 1968 for parliamentary service. The Denham Henty Waterscape in Launceston's Civic Square is named in his honour.

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Political offices
Preceded by Frederick Osborne	Minister for Customs and Excise 1956–1964	Succeeded by Ken Anderson
Preceded by Shane Paltridge	Minister for Civil Aviation 1964–1966	Succeeded by Reginald Swartz
Preceded by Allen Fairhall	Minister for Supply 1966–1968	Succeeded by Ken Anderson
Party political offices
Preceded by Shane Paltridge	Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate 1966–1968	Succeeded by Ken Anderson