John Travers (1867–1928), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Travers (1867–1928)
- John Travers (3 May 1867 – 23 August 1928) was an Australian politician.
- He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1906 to 1910 and from 1912 to 1918.Travers was born at Rice's Creek at Auburn, South Australia.
- He later moved to the Pekina area with his family, where he was a farmer for many years.
- He was a District Council of Orroroo councillor for the Pekina Ward from 1902 to 1905, and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for Flinders at the 1905 election.He was elected to the House of Assembly for Flinders at the 1906 election as a Liberal, although he had earlier approached the United Labor Party about a possible endorsement.
- He was defeated at the 1910 election.
- He won the seat back at the 1912 election and was re-elected at the 1915 election.
- He resigned from the Liberal Union in December 1917 due to his opposition to conscription, and was defeated as an independent at the 1918 election.
- He was an advocate of the Tod Reservoir project while in parliament.Having lived in Kingswood, Adelaide for a time, he moved to Woods Point, near Murray Bridge, around 1924, returning to being a grazier.
- He died at the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Murray Bridge in August 1928 and was buried at the Murray Bridge Cemetery.
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