Jabez Coon (1869 – 18 April 1935) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer and then a boot merchant in

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. In 1906, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for the new seat of

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. He held the seat until his defeat in 1910 by a

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candidate. He was a member of the

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council, and

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from 1909 to 1910. He is the father-in-law of

Gilbert Chandler Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler KBE, CMG (29 August 1903 – 8 April 1974) was a Liberal Party politician who served in the Bolte Ministry in Victoria. Chandler, a horticulturist, was educated at Scotch College in Melbourne. As a 25-year-old, ...

, member of the

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and Minister for Agriculture in the Bolte Ministry from 1955 to 1973. On 18 April 1935, Coon collapsed and died suddenly at

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whilst returning home to

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