About Jabez Coon
Lived 1869 – 1935 (aged 65–66). Jabez Coon was an Australian politician.
Jabez Coon (1869 – 18 April 1935) was an Australian politician. Born in Maldon, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer and then a boot merchant in Melbourne. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Protectionist member for the new seat of Batman. He held the seat until his defeat in 1910 by a Labor candidate. He was a member of the City of Collingwood council, and mayor from 1909 to 1910. He is the father-in-law of Gilbert Chandler, member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Minister for Agriculture in the Bolte Ministry from 1955 to 1973.
On 18 April 1935, Coon collapsed and died suddenly at South Yarra whilst returning home to Boronia.
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Jabez Coon was born in 1869 in Maldon.
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