John Travers (1867–1928)

John Travers (3 May 1867 – 23 August 1928) was an Australian politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1906 to 1910 and from 1912 to 1918.[1][2]

Travers was born at Rice's Creek at Auburn, South Australia. He later moved to the Pekina area with his family, where he was a farmer for many years. He was a District Council of Orroroo councillor for the Pekina Ward from 1902 to 1905, and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Flinders at the 1905 election.[3][4]

He was elected to the House of Assembly for Flinders at the 1906 election as a Liberal, although he had earlier approached the United Labor Party about a possible endorsement.[5][6] He was defeated at the 1910 election. He won the seat back at the 1912 election and was re-elected at the 1915 election. He resigned from the Liberal Union in December 1917 due to his opposition to conscription, and was defeated as an independent at the 1918 election. He was an advocate of the Tod Reservoir project while in parliament.[3][7][5][8][9]

Having lived in Kingswood, Adelaide for a time, he moved to Woods Point, near Murray Bridge, around 1924, returning to being a grazier.[10] He died at the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Murray Bridge in August 1928 and was buried at the Murray Bridge Cemetery.[3][11]

References
  1. "John Travers". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA". Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. "JOHN TRAVERS". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. 31 August 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  4. "BIOGRAPHICAL". The Register. Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 723. Adelaide. 15 November 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  5. "Mr. Travern and the Flinders Seat". West Coast Sentinel. Vol. VI, no. 294. South Australia. 9 February 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  6. "LOCAL COMMITTEES". The Herald. Vol. XIII, no. 628. Adelaide. 20 October 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  7. "OBITUARY". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 August 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  8. "FLINDERS". The Register. Vol. LXXXIII, no. 22, 281. Adelaide. 8 April 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  9. "MR. TRAVERS' POSITION". The Chronicle. Vol. LX, no. 3, 097. Adelaide. 29 December 1917. p. 14. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  10. "CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE, MITCHAM". The Southern Cross. Vol. XXXIII, no. 1648. South Australia. 10 June 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.
  11. "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 24 August 1928. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Trove.

 


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