Jack Mortimer (30 October 1912 – 8 February 1973) was an Australian politician. He received a primary education before becoming a farmer in

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. He served in the military from 1942 to 1946 and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. In 1963, he was elected to the

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as the Labor member for

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. He held the seat until his defeat in 1966, after which he became a businessman in Port Lincoln. Mortimer died by drowning at Port Hedland in 1973.

Personal life

Mortimer married Melva Bähr, of

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, in 1939. They had a daughter and a son, and farmed at Karkoo.

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1912 births 1973 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grey Members of the Australian House of Representatives Australian waterside workers Australian trade unionists 20th-century Australian politicians Deaths by drowning in Australia {{Australia-Labor-representative-stub