John Alexander Lyons (12 January 1885 – 19 December 1948) was an Australian politician.
Before entering politics he was a wheat farmer and grazier, and chairman of the
District Council of Georgetown The District Council of Georgetown was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Georgetown.
History
It was proclaimed on 2 March 1876 as the District Council of George Town, encompassing the cadastral Hundred of Bundale ...
from 1924 to 1946.
In 1926 he was elected to the
South Australian House of Assembly
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as the
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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member for
Stanley
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, moving to
Rocky River following a redistribution in 1938. He held the seat until his death in 1948.
References
1885 births
1948 deaths
Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Liberal and Country League politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
Mayors of places in South Australia
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