John Hodges (Australian politician)

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John Charles Hodges (born 3 October 1937) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland and was a pharmacist before entering the Parliament of Australia. He was an alderman of City of Redcliffe from 1967 to 1976, and was Deputy Mayor from 1970 to 1976.^[1]

Hodges was the Liberal Party of Australia member for the House of Representatives seat of Petrie from the 1974 election until his defeat by Dean Wells at the 1983 election and from his defeat of Wells at the 1984 election until his defeat by Gary Johns at the 1987 election.^[2] He was Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs from May 1982 until the March 1983 election.

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Political offices
Preceded by Ian Macphee	Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs 1982–1983	Succeeded by Stewart West
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Marshall Cooke	Member for Petrie 1974–1983	Succeeded by Dean Wells
Preceded by Dean Wells	Member for Petrie 1984–1987	Succeeded by Gary Johns

Persondata
NAME	Hodges, John Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	3 October 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brisbane, Queensland
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH