John Alexander Weir (11 October 1904 – 4 December 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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and was a timber worker from 1921. From 1922 he was a member of the Australian Timber Workers' Union; he later became state secretary in 1943 and president in 1950. From 1931 he was a Labor Party member, supporting Jack Lang over the federal party. He was a Labor member of the

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from 1949 to 1973. Weir died at Camperdown in 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weir, John 1904 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Members of the Order of Australia