John Thomas Ness (20 August 1871 – 24 January 1947) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to shipbuilder Thomas Ness and Isabella, ''née'' Sellars. After attending public schools he was farming wheat at Temora from around 1894 to 1904. On 1 January 1898 he married Bertha Mary Ann Matuschka in

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, with whom he had four children. In 1904 he became a produce and fuel merchant, later establishing John Ness, Son & Co. From 1909 to 1934 he was president of the

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School of Arts, and he served from 1908 to 1922 on

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(mayor 1915–17, 1918–19). In 1922, he was elected to the

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as a

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member for Western Suburbs; with the reintroduction of single-member districts in 1927 he was elected to represent

. Defeated in 1930, he was re-elected in 1932 as a

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candidate. Ness served until 1938; he died at Dulwich Hill in 1947.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ness, John 1871 births 1947 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of Marrickville Australian farmers New South Wales local councillors