John Norman Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician. Born in

Bundaberg Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...

, Queensland, he was the son of politician Harold Nelson. Jock Nelson was educated at state schools in

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before becoming a jackeroo and goldminer, and later a bore contractor at

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

. After serving in the military from 1942 to 1945, he became a

pastoralist Pastoralist may refer to: * Pastoralism, raising livestock on natural pastures * Pastoral farming, settled farmers who grow crops to feed their livestock * People who keep or raise sheep, sheep farming Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the r ...

. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Northern Territory, defeating the sitting independent,

Adair Blain Adair Macalister Blain (21 November 1894 – 28 April 1983) was an Australian politician and soldier. He represented the Division of Northern Territory in the House of Representatives from 1934 to 1949, albeit with limited voting rights. He enli ...

. At this time, the member for Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Territory itself. In 1963, he was re-elected unopposed, the last occasion when a member was returned to the House of Representatives in this fashion. He retired in 1966, an occasion used by the Country Party to take the seat. Nelson returned to pastoralism and served as the first Mayor of

(1971 - 1973) before he stepped down to become the Administrator of the Northern Territory (1973–1975) before his death in 1991.

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1908 births 1991 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Northern Territory Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council Administrators of the Northern Territory 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-representative-stub

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