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Jonathan Best

Jonathan Best

Surname: BEST

Given Names: Jonathan

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 19 August 1840 - Launceston, Tasmania

Date of Death:13 May 1913 - Launceston, Tasmania

 

 

House of Assembly: (1) 25 May 1894 (2) 10 November 1899 (3) 30 April 1909 (4) 23 January 1913

Electorate: (1) Deloraine (2) Deloraine (3) Wilmot (Lyons) (4) Wilmot (Lyons)

Party: Anti-Socialist

Positions Held: Chair Committees 1903-09

Date of Departure: (1) January 1897 (2) April 1909 (3) 30 April 1912 (4) 13 May 1913

Reason for Departure: (1) Defeated. (2) Seat abolished. Stood for new seat of Wilmot. (3) Defeated. (4) Died in office.

Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 243

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.