John Chatham (politician)

John Chatham (16 October 1866 – 28 February 1925) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Napoleons to farmer James Chatham and Margaret Hanlon. He worked in various sawmills and as a contractor before buying land at Rokewood Junction and becoming a leading wheat farmer. On 25 August 1897 he married Ellen McGrath, with whom he had four children. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly at a by-election in 1913, representing Grenville as a member of the Labor Party. He was expelled for supporting conscription in the 1916 Labor split, and did not run for re-election in 1917. Chatham died in 1925 in Ballarat.^[1]

References

↑ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Chatham, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Victorian Legislative Assembly

Preceded by

Charles McGrath

Member for Grenville
1913–1917

Succeeded by

David Gibson

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[vic-1] Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Chatham, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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