John Vaughan (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Vaughan (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1879

Place of Birth: Norwood, South Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1955

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat, soldier, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About John Vaughan (Australian politician)

  • John Howard Vaughan CBE (14 November 1879 – 21 August 1955) was an Australian politician.
  • He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1912 to 1918, representing the United Labor Party (1912-1917) and the National Party (1917-1918).
  • He served as the Attorney-General of South Australia from 1915 to 1917.In the 1917 Labor split, Vaughan was expelled along with his brother, Premier Crawford Vaughan, and joined the new National Party.
  • Upon the defeat of the Vaughan ministry in July 1917, Vaughan did not nominate for a position in the new coalition ministry of Archibald Peake, and enlisted to serve in World War I.
  • He was controversially opposed at the 1918 election while away on active service, and being unable to campaign was defeated by Labor candidate Tom Gluyas.

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