John Brown (Tasmanian politician)

John Harold Brown (2 June 1886 – 9 May 1974) was an Australian politician. He was born in Winkleigh, Tasmania. On 28 June 1948 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin in a countback following the death of Edward Brooker.[1] He was subsequently defeated at the state election held on 21 August. Brown's term of seven weeks is the shortest of any MHA in Tasmania's history.[2]

References
  1. "UNION SECRETARY NEW MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT". The Mercury. Vol. CLXVII, no. 24, 197. Tasmania, Australia. 29 June 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Brown, John Harold". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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