John Chatham (16 October 1866 – 28 February 1925) was an Australian politician. He was born in Napoleons to farmer James Chatham and Margaret Hanlon. He worked in various sawmills and as a contractor before buying land at Rokewood Junction and becoming a leading wheat farmer. On 25 August 1897 he married Ellen McGrath, with whom he had four children. He was elected to the

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at a by-election in 1913, representing Grenville as a member of the Labor Party. He was expelled for supporting

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in the 1916 Labor split, and did not run for re-election in 1917. Chatham died in 1925 in

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1866 births 1925 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub