John Perry (1845–1922)

John Perry (13 July 1845 – 10 May 1922) was an Australian politician.

For the member for Liverpool Plains, see John Perry (1849–1935).

He was born in Sydney; his father, also John Perry, was a bank clerk. He attended public schools at Surry Hills and Fort Street, and in 1861 began working for Watkins and Leigh, an importing firm. By the 1870s he was a sugar cane grower, also running a store at Alstonville. On 13 November 1870 he married Susan McAuslan Alston, with whom he had a son.

In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Richmond, belonging to the Protectionist Party. He transferred to Ballina in 1894, back to Richmond in 1904, and to Byron in 1913. During that time he served as Minister for Public Instruction, Labour and Industry (1899–1904), Colonial Secretary (1904), Secretary for Mines (1907–1908) and Minister for Agriculture (1908–1910). After the collapse of the Protectionists' successor, the Progressive Party, in 1904, he joined the Liberal Party, along with most of his remaining party colleagues. Perry retired in 1920 and died at Pittwater two years later, aged 76.[1]

References

1. "The Hon. John Perry (1) (1845-1922)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Frederick Crouch Thomas Ewing	Member for Richmond 1889–1894 Served alongside: Ewing, Nicoll	Succeeded by Robert Pyers
New seat	Member for Ballina 1894–1904	Abolished
Preceded by Robert Pyers	Member for Richmond 1904–1913	Abolished
New seat	Member for Byron 1913–1920	Succeeded by George Nesbitt Stephen Perdriau Tom Swiney