HUBBELL INCORPORATED

POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REPORTS ON FORMS 3, 4
AND 5


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned in his
capacity as set forth below, hereby constitutes and appoints RICHARD W.
DAVIES, JOHN F. MULVIHILL, and MEGAN C. PRENETA, and each of them
severally, his true and lawful attorneys and agents with power to act with
or without the other to execute on behalf of the undersigned Reports on
Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, and any amendments thereto, filed under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and relating to securities of
Hubbell Incorporated.  This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force
and effect until any recipient hereof receives an instrument executed by
the undersigned terminating it.

	The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Hubbell Incorporated assuming,
any of the undersigned responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has subscribed these presents this third day of June, 2003.





					/s/Richard J. Swift
					   Richard J. Swift
					   Director