John Bligh Suttor (23 September 1883 – 11 September 1960) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to Emma Isabel Hunt and John Bligh Suttor, a pastoralist and businessman. He was the grandson of son of colonial politician

John Bligh Suttor John Bligh Suttor (1809 – 27 May 1886) was an Australian politician. He was born at Baulkham Hills to settler George Suttor and Sarah Dobinson. John Suttor was a pastoralist. On 16 September 1845 he married Julia Bowler, with whom he had t ...

. He attended Sydney High School and became an electrical engineer, also owning land near Bathurst. On 19 September 1908 he married Madeline Constance Nash, with whom he had one son. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1921 as a Labor Party nominee, although there were allegations that he was not a true member of the party at the time. He served until 1934, when the Council was reconstituted. Suttor died at

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in 1960.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suttor, John 1883 births 1960 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians