John Joseph "Jack" Holland (3 September 1877 – 25 December 1955) was an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

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from 1925 to 1955, representing the electorates of Flemington (1925-1945), Footscray (1945-1955) and Flemington again (1955). Holland was born in

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to police officer Thomas Holland and Johanna Quigley. He worked as a fitter and then as an electrical engineer for the

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. He was a life member of both the Australian Postal Electricians Union, serving as its secretary and president at various times, as well as its delegate to the Melbourne Trades Hall Council and the Victorian Agricultural Implement Union, of which he had been president. He was also secretary of the Flemington branch of the Labor Party from 1911 to 1932, served on the boards of a number of local co-operatives and on the Victorian Public Servants Credit Co-operative board for 35 years. On 18 July 1908, he married Agnes Mary Ryan, with whom he had seven children. In 1925, he was elected to the

as the

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member for Flemington. During his time in parliament, he appeared on radio on 3KZ's "Labor Hour" from 1931 to 1946, was state president of the Labor Party from 1935 to 1936, and served concurrently as a

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councillor alongside his parliamentary role from 1943. In September 1943, he was Minister for Public Works in John Cain's five-day Labor government. In 1945, the electorate of Flemington was abolished, and he moved to the Footscray electorate, but returned to Flemington when it was re-created in 1955. He died at

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1955 and was buried at

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. His son

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won the resulting by-election. J. J. Holland Park in

is named for him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Jack 1877 births 1955 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Carlton, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne