John Henry Wise (1856 – 25 January 1942) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in

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to stevedore John Wise and Jane Glendenning. On 10 May 1882 he married Mary Jane McLauchlan, with whom he had five children. In Australia he became a builder and an estate agent around the Nepean River district. From 1917 to 1934 he was a member of the

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, representing the Nationalist and

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parties. Wise died in 1942 at Strathfield.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wise, John 1856 births 1942 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 Council Colony of New South Wales people British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians