Robert Hetherington

Robert "Bob" Hetherington (8 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was an Australian politician, political scientist and mental health advocate.

Career Hetherington finished high school at age 16. He worked in Adelaide before enlisting in the 2nd AIF in 1942, serving in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He was discharged in 1946 after working with international prisoners of war in Manilla. He enrolled in the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1950 with an honours degree in history and political science and became a schoolteacher. In 1957 he was appointed tutor in politics at the University of Adelaide and in 1967 moved to the University of Western Australia as lecturer in politics until 1977.

After politics, he continued his support for people with mental illness, becoming first a committee member and later president of the Schizophrenia Fellowship in Western Australia. He also returned to tutoring at the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, where he was appointed to its senate.

Hetherington died on 30 January 2015 in Perth. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.