John Perry (1845–1922), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician, died 1922
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About John Perry (1845–1922)
- The Honourable John Perry (13 July 1845 – 10 May 1922) was an Australian politician. 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.(1849–1935).
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