John Clemons
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John Clemons | |
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Senator for Tasmania | |
In office 29 March 1901 – 5 September 1914 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Launceston, Tasmania | 24 March 1862
Died | 10 November 1944 Oxford, England | (aged 82)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Free Trade (1901–06) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–14) |
John Singleton Clemons (24 March 1862 – 10 November 1944) was an Australian politician.
Clemons was elected to the Australian Senate for Tasmania at the first federal election in 1901, representing the Free Trade Party—it was later renamed the Anti-Socialist Party and in 1909 it became part of the Commonwealth Liberal Party. Clemons was appointed Minister without portfolio in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 until its defeat at the September 1914 election. At the same time Clemons lost his seat in the Senate with immediate effect, as it was a double dissolution.[1]
Notes
- ^ "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2008.