John Jennings (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About John Jennings (Australian politician)
- John Thomas Jennings (19 December 1878 – 20 December 1968) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Melbourne, he attended state schools before becoming a retailer of dental supplies.
- He underwent military service 1899-1901 and served in South Africa with the Victorian Mounted Rifles.
- In 1931, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the United Australia Party member for South Sydney in New South Wales.
- South Sydney was abolished in 1934 and replaced with Watson; Jennings contested Watson and won.
- He held the seat until 1940, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Max Falstein.
- Jennings died in 1968.Between 1928 and 1958 he served as National President of the Australian Dental Trade Association (ADTA) which now trades as the Australian Dental Industry Association (ADIA).
- He remains that organization's longest serving Federal President. Jennings was the brother of Albert Victor Jennings, founder of the A.V.
- Jennings building company in Melbourne, Australia, and the uncle of Doug Jennings.
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