John Goodman (Australian politician)

John Goodman (c. 1828 – 16 April 1874) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early life

Goodman was born in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, the son of John Goodman and his wife Sarah.[1] Goodman junior arrived in the Port Phillip District in December 1844.[1]

Colonial Australia

In 1853 Goodman was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Loddon a seat he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.[1] Goodman was elected to the seat of The Murray in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Assembly in November 1856, a seat he held until he resigned in January 1858.[1] Goodman was Commissioner Trade & Customs from 25 February 1857 to 11 March 1857.[1]

Goodman died at his home 'Miegunyah'[2] in Toorak, Victoria[1] and was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.[3] The Argus states he was aged 48 at his death.[2]

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gollark: Things acting as servers, with internet connectivity and the ability to do IP and whatever, are surely basically fast enough™ to do cryptography.
gollark: And in most cases it won't, because computers are fast and can easily deal with running a few block ciphers over things.
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References
  1. "Goodman, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  2. "Deaths". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1874. p. 1.
  3. "Funeral Notices". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1874. p. 8.
Victorian Legislative Council
New seat Member for Loddon
1853–1856
With: William Campbell 1853–54
Thomas Fellows 1854–56		 Original Council abolished
Victorian Legislative Assembly
New district Member for The Murray
1856–1858
With: Travers Adamson		 Succeeded by
William Forlonge
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