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John Joseph Carlisle (c. 1863 – 18 June 1929) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Mansfield to farmer William Carlisle and Anna Crockett. Following his father's death in 1871 the family moved to
Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira local government area in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is situated on the south bank of the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales, and is located approximately ...
, and Carlisle grew up to become a farmer in the area. He served on
Yarrawonga Shire Council from 1895 to 1907 and was president from 1900 to 1901. In 1903 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presiding ...
for
Benalla and Yarrawonga, transferring to
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822.
It is the administrative cent ...
at the election the following year. A Liberal who joined the Economy faction of the
Nationalist Party in 1917, he was a minister without portfolio from November 1917 to March 1918. In 1920 he joined the
Victorian Farmers' Union
The Victorian Farmers' Union (VFU) was an association of farmers and primary producers formed in 1914 in the Australian state of Victoria. Although initially formed as an "absolutely non-political" entity, the VFU became a political party in 1916 ...
, which became the
Country Party. In 1926 he left the party after a dispute over a proposed redistribution, and stood at the
1927 election as an independent but was defeated. Carlisle died in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
in 1929.
References
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1863 births
1929 deaths
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Independent members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly