About John Don
Lived 1918 – 2013 (aged 94). John Don was an Australian military personnel, politician and solicitor.
John Don (10 September 1918 – 1 April 2013) was an Australian politician.
Don was born in Ballarat to solicitor Joseph Edwin Don and Mary Minnie Cross. He attended various state schools before studying at Melbourne University. During World War II he served in the Middle East (serving in the 75th Tank Regiment, 6th American Army) while he was still studying law (he would be admitted as a solicitor in 1954). He was briefly a minister without portfolio in June 1950. A supporter of Thomas Hollway, he was one of the rebels who voted against the McDonald Country Party government in 1952 and served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Labour in the seventy-hour ministry that resulted. Expelled from the Liberal Party, he was defeated as an Electoral Reform League candidate in 1955. A solicitor after leaving parliament, he later re-joined the Liberal Party. Don died in 2013.
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Who was John Don?
Australian politician (1918-2013)
When was John Don born?
John Don was born on 10 September 1918 in Ballarat.
When did John Don die?
John Don died on 1 April 2013 in Melbourne.
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John Don was a military personnel, politician and solicitor.
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John Don was Australian.
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