John Warburton Pennington (29 August 1870 – 5 April 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born in Navarre to hotelier and grazier Daniel Pennington and Helen Creamer. He attended Queen's College, Melbourne, and worked for a St Arnaud storekeeper before establishing his own store at

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. In 1894 he married Ellen Sara Tantau, with whom he had five children. He served on Bet Bet Shire Council from 1900 to 1907 and was president from 1906 to 1907. In 1913 he won a by-election for the

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seat of Kara Kara. He was defeated in 1917, but on a recount was reseated in early 1918. He transferred to Kara Kara and Borung in 1927. He was Assistant Minister of Agriculture from November 1920 to February 1921 and from July 1921 to September 1923, and then Minister of

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, Agriculture, Markets and Immigration from 1928 to 1929 and Minister of Public Instruction from 1932 to 1935. He was appointed a

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in 1926. Pennington lost his seat in 1935, and died in

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in 1945.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pennington, John 1870 births 1945 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Vice-Presidents of the Board of Land and Works Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Ministers for Agriculture (Victoria) Ministers for Forests (Victoria)