John Soundy

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Sir John Soundy CBE (14 November 1878 – 25 October 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison. He concurrently served as Lord Mayor of Hobart from 1938 until 1946, when he resigned from the House to contest the Legislative Council seat of Hobart, successfully. He was Chair of Committees from 1948 to 1952, when he retired from politics. Knighted in 1954, Soundy died in Hobart in 1960.^[1]

References

↑ Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "Soundy, Sir John". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by Charles Eady Dennis Lonergan William Strutt	Member for Hobart 1946–1952	Succeeded by Phyllis Benjamin

Persondata
Name	Soundy, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	14 November 1878
Place of birth	Dorchester, Dorset, England
Date of death	25 October 1960
Place of death	Hobart, Tasmania

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