John William Waddell (15 March 1891 – 15 March 1939) was an Australian politician. He was born at Singleton to Robert Waddell, Clerk of Petty Sessions, and Martha Ann, ''née'' Smith. He was educated at Maitland and then at

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, before spending time on his uncle's station in

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. In 1912 he joined the Queensland Insurance Company and became a manager at Launceston in

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, before moving to

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, in 1915. On 2 October 1920 he married Ella Wallingford, with whom he had two children. From 1920 to 1926 he was manager of the New India Assurance Company at

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; he travelled around Europe before returning to Australia in 1927. Active in the

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, he was elected to the

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in 1932 as the United Australia Party member for Waverley and served until his death in 1939. His uncle

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was also a member of Legislative Assembly and briefly

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, and his cousin Sir Graham Waddell was a member of the Legislative Council from 1937 until 1949.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waddell, John 1891 births 1939 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians People from Singleton, New South Wales