Charley Aylett

Charley Bischoff "Tinny" Aylett (5 October 1913 – 11 September 1966) was an Australian politician. He served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1946 to 1964, including as Speaker of the House from 1959 to 1964. During his political career he simultaneously ran a pub in Hobart.

Aylett was born in Waratah, Tasmania, as one of twelve children. His older brother Bill Aylett was a senator. In 1946 he was elected to the House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. initially as an honorary minister and then as Minister for Housing. He resigned from cabinet in April 1949 after a select committee found that he had misled parliament about the amount of materials held by the State Housing Authority. Aylett was a talented field hockey player and was playing at state level as late as 1952, when he represented Tasmania at the national championships in Perth.

After being forced out of the ministry Aylett served as Chair of Committees from 1950 to 1955. In December 1963, he lost the party's endorsement for the 1964 state election. He remained as Speaker, but subsequently became an independent and lost his seat at the election. He died in 1966 in Double Creek.