John Bodel (1834 – 28 September 1903) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in

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and migrated to

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in 1862. He was an early resident of

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, and married Ellen Agnes Shaw. A local alderman, he served a single term in the

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as member for

from 1880 to 1882. Bodel died in Forbes in 1903.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodel, John 1834 births 1903 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Irish emigrants to colonial Australia