Jack Jones (Australian politician)

John Joseph Jones (10 March 1907 – 22 March 1997) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Seymour to carpenter Charles Alexander Jones and Sarah Anne Bryant.[1] He attended the local primary school and became a telegraph messenger and telephone technician. In 1928 he joined the Labor Party, and in 1934 was a founding member of the Nhill branch; he also served as secretary of the Stawell branch for 23 years.[1] On 5 May 1936 he married Alice Edna Paschke, with whom he had a daughter. During World War II he was a signalman. On 21 June 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat Province.[2] He served until his defeat in 1958 and did not return to parliament, although he ran unsuccessfully for both upper and lower house seats in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1970.[1] Jones died on 22 March 1997.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jones, John Joseph at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2012)
  2. ^ a b "John Joseph Jones". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2 September 2025.


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