John Alexander Jackson B.A., (1844 – 18 February 1889) was a politician in colonial

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, Attorney-General of Tasmania 1872 to 1873. Jackson was the youngest son of John Alexander Jackson, an architect in Tasmania, was educated at

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, and entered as a student at the

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in November 1864, being called to the bar in June 1868. He subsequently returned to Tasmania, and was admitted to the bar of that colony, practising at Hobart. Jackson was member of the

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for the

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from 8 September 1871 until resigning in July 1876. Jackson was Attorney-General in the

Frederick Innes Frederick Maitland Innes (11 August 1816 – 11 May 1882)C. M. Sullivan,, '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 458–459. Retrieved 2009-08-15 was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873. The son ...

ministry from November 1872 to August 1873, and died on 18 February 1889, aged forty-five years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, John Alexander 1889 deaths 1844 births Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians