John Patrick Lynch (6 February 1875 – 2 June 1944) was an Australian politician. He was born near

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to miner William Sullivan Lynch and Mary Seymour. He attended local public schools and became a schoolteacher, working at Parkes from 1895 to 1897 and at various country schools thereafter. In 1907 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Ashburnham. He served until his defeat in 1913. Subsequently he became a commercial agent and hotel manager. On 3 June 1922 he married Florence Staub. Lynch died at

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in 1944.

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1875 births 1944 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales {{Australia-politician-stub