1932 he was replaced as Minister for Repatriation by Charles Marr and the Markets portfolio was renamed Commerce. On 23 September 1932, he resigned from the ministry in protest at its refusal to reduce parliamentary salaries in response to the Great Depression, having crossed the floor to vote as a minority in a controversial day in Parliament, and did not serve as a minister again, although he continued to represent the people of Wakefield as their elected representative. Hawker travelled extensively, researching issues of trade and farming, and he published his research in pamphlets and treatises and gave lectures on issues of agriculture and pastoral work. He was an enthusiastic book collector and added to a library of volumes inherited from his father. Death and legacy Hawker died in the Kyeema airplane disaster near Mount Dandenong, Victoria in 1938. A memorial was established at St Michael's Anglican Church at Bungaree. The Australian Electoral Division of Hawker and the Canberra suburb of Hawker, Australian Capital Territory are named in his honour, and the Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship was established by his sister Kathleen Lilias Needham in 1991 to fund Australian university education. His cousin, David Hawker, was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007. References 1894 births 1938 deaths Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Wakefield Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Cabinet of Australia Australian people of English descent Australian pastoralists People educated at Geelong Grammar School United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Australia Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Australia Accidental deaths in Victoria (Australia) Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1938 Somerset Light Infantry officers Australian book and manuscript collectors