Hustler was returned unopposed as
Member of Parliament for
Northallerton at the
1695 English general election on the interest of the Whig
Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet. He signed the Association, but was absent from the division on the attainder of
Sir John Fenwick. He managed a bill in April 1698 to make it easier to return juries to serve at the assizes and throughout his career managed many bills through the House, often private bills. At the
1698 English general election he was again returned unopposed and was listed as a member of the Country party and later as a supporter of the
Whig Junto. He was returned unopposed in the first general election 1701, and during the year became vice president of the newly founded
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. At the second general election of 1701, he was again returned unopposed as a Whig for Northallerton and acted frequently as a teller. At the
1702 English general election, Hustler was returned as MP for both Northallerton and
Ripon. He chose to sit for Ripon, probably as part of an electoral agreement on behalf of
John Aislabie with whom he exchanged places. He was returned unopposed again for Northallerton at the
1705 English general election and voted for the Court candidate as Speaker on 25 October 1705. At the
1708 British general election, he was returned unopposed as Whig MP for Northallerton once more. He supported the
naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and voted for the impeachment of
Henry Sacheverell in 1710. He was defeated at the
1710 British general election, when he came bottom of the poll. He did not stand for Parliament again. As a member of Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge he was busy establishing charity schools in Wakefield. ==Death and legacy==