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May 28, 1908 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Died on 20 Jun 1991 (aged 83)
Australian politician
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About Jock Nelson
- John Norman "Jock" Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was the son of politician Harold Nelson.
- Jock Nelson was educated at state schools in Darwin before becoming a jackeroo and goldminer, and later a bore contractor at Alice Springs.
- After serving in the military from 1942 to 1945, he became a pastoralist.
- In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Northern Territory, defeating the sitting independent, Adair Blain.
- At this time, the member for Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Territory itself.
- In 1963, he was re-elected unopposed, the last occasion when a member was returned to the House of Representatives in this fashion.
- He retired in 1966, an occasion used by the Country Party to take the seat.
- Nelson returned to pastoralism and served as the first Mayor of Alice Springs (1971 - 1973) before he stepped down to become the Administrator of the Northern Territory (1973–1975) before his death in 1991.
