John Ockerby

John Featherstone Ockerby (1864 – 1 July 1951) was an Australian politician. He was born in Dewsbury in Yorkshire. He was Mayor of Launceston in Tasmania in 1925 and 1939. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Bass, serving until his defeat in 1946. Ockerby died in Launceston in 1951.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ockerby, John Featherstone". Parliament of Tasmania. 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mr. J. F. Ockerby Dies, Aged 87.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 2 July 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2013.


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