John Don

The Honourable
John Don
MBE
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Elsternwick
In office
10 November 1945  27 May 1955
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by Richard Gainey
Personal details
Born (1918-09-10)10 September 1918
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died 1 April 2013(2013-04-01) (aged 94)
Political party Liberal Party
Liberal and Country Party
Victorian Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Joan Davies
Children Three daughters
Alma mater University of Melbourne
Profession Solicitor
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Australian Imperial Force
Years of service 1940–1946
Rank Major
Unit 9th Division Cavalry Regiment
British Intelligence Corps
Awards MBE (1943)

John Don MBE (10 September 1918 1 April 2013) was an Australian politician.

He 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 and later the Philippines, attaining the rank of major and being awarded the MBE. On 9 March 1943 he married Joan Yvonne Davies, with whom he had three daughters. In 1945 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Elsternwick, 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 Labour in the seventy-hour ministry that resulted. He was defeated as a Victorian Liberal Party candidate in 1955. A solicitor after leaving parliament, he later rejoined the Liberal Party. Don died in 2013.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Don, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
New seat Member for Elsternwick
1945–1955
Succeeded by
Richard Gainey
Political offices
Preceded by
Herbert Hyland
Minister of Transport
1952
Succeeded by
Herbert Hyland
Preceded by
Trevor Harvey
Minister of Labour
1952
Succeeded by
Trevor Harvey
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