| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Birth Name: | Hugh Hudson |
| Office: | Deputy Premier of South Australia |
| Predecessor: | Des Corcoran |
| Successor: | Roger Goldsworthy |
| Premier: | Des Corcoran |
| Term Start: | 15 March 1979 |
| Term End: | 18 September 1979 |
| Office1: | Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party |
| Term Start1: | 15 March 1979 |
| Term End1: | 2 October 1979 |
| Predecessor1: | Des Corcoran |
| Successor1: | Jack Wright |
| Leader1: | Des Corcoran |
| Office2: | Minister of Education |
| Premier2: | Don Dunstan |
| Predecessor2: | John Coumbe |
| Successor2: | Don Hopgood |
| Term Start2: | 6 June 1970 |
| Term End2: | 24 June 1975 |
| Office3: | Minister for Planning and Housing |
| Premier3: | Don Dunstan |
| Predecessor3: | Joyce Steele |
| Successor3: | David Wotton |
| Term Start3: | 17 October 1975 |
| Term End3: | 15 March 1979 |
| Premier4: | Don Dunstan |
| Predecessor4: | Frank Walsh |
| Successor4: | Glen Pearson |
| Term Start4: | 26 March 1968 |
| Term End4: | 16 April 1968 |
| Office5: | Member for Brighton |
| Predecessor5: | district created |
| Successor5: | Dick Glazbrook |
| Term Start5: | 30 May 1970 |
| Term End5: | 14 September 1979 |
| Office6: | Member for Glenelg |
| Predecessor6: | Baden Pattinson |
| Successor6: | John Mathwin |
| Term Start6: | 6 March 1965 |
| Term End6: | 29 May 1970 |
| Birth Date: | 1916 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Croydon, South Australia |
| Party: | Labor |
Hugh Richard Hudson (12 December 1930 - 11 May 1993) was an Australian politician and 2nd Deputy Premier of South Australia in 1979. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School[1] Hudson represented the House of Assembly seats of Glenelg from 1965 to 1970 and Brighton from 1970 to 1979 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.[2] He held several ministries during his career, including being Minister of Education (1970 - 1975) during which time he was asked to deliver the 1976 Buntine Oration, which he titled "The Political Economy of Educational Advancement."[3]
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