John Alexander Ferguson (31 May 1903 – 2 August 1969) was an Australian politician. He was born near Glen Innes to miner Alexander Ferguson. He was educated at convent schools in Annandale from 1916, working variously in brass and jewellery before joining the railways in 1926. On 25 July 1925 he married Beatrice Jago, with whom he had eight children. A Labor Party member from 1926, he was an organiser for the Australian Railways Union from 1935 and state secretary from 1943 to 1952; he was also vice-president of the

New South Wales Labor Party The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elect ...

from 1943 to 1947, president from 1947 to 1952, and federal president from 1950 to 1952. From 1945 to 1952 he was a Labor member of the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...

. He resigned in 1952 to take up a post as chairman of the New South Wales Milk Board, a position he held until 1968. Ferguson died in 1969 at

Lane Cove Lane Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove is nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governmen ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, John 1903 births 1969 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Australian book and manuscript collectors