John Gordon (27 September 1858 – 3 December 1937) was an Australian politician. Gordon was born in

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to farmer Neil Gordon and Margaret McKay. He grew up around Balmattan,

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and

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, and became a general storekeeper around 1878 at

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. He also acquired land in the area and grazed sheep and

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. Gordon served on Goulburn Valley Shire Council from 1896 to 1926 and was thrice president (1899–1900, 1908–09, 1917–18). In 1911 he won a by-election for the

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seat of Waranga. A Liberal and then a

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, he served as a minister without portfolio from 1923 to 1924 and as Minister of Agriculture and Water Supply from March to July 1924. Gordon retired in 1929, and died at Nagambie in 1937.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, John 1858 births 1937 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Victorian Ministers for Agriculture