John Peters Piggott (19 October 1879 – 3 August 1957) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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. In 1922 he was elected to the

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as a Country Party member for

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. Shortly after parliament sat, however, he became an

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. He joined the Nationalist Party in 1928 and was appointed Chair of Committees, but he was defeated in 1931.

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