John Arthur Loone (25 January 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Australian politician. He was an

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

member of the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, H ...

from 1989 to 2001, representing Tamar,

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

and finally Rowallan. Loone was born in Deloraine. He was elected to the seat of Tamar in 1989, and held it until 1997, when it was renamed Roland. In 1999, Roland was abolished, and Loone was elected to the new seat of Rowallan, which he held until his retirement in 2001.

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