John Anthony Coughlan (6 November 1934 – 2 June 1991) was an Australian politician in

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. He was born in the

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

suburb of Chelsea. In 1975 he was elected to the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 m ...

as a Labor member for Braddon in a recount following

Lloyd Costello Lloyd Edwin Albert Costello (10 December 1922 – 20 June 2001) was an Australian politician. He was born in Flowerdale, and served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1941 to 1946. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assem ...

's resignation. He was Chair of Committees from 1977 to 1979 and a minister from 1977 to 1980. In 1986 he was defeated.

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1934 births 1991 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub