John Lewis (Australian politician)
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| Born | 12 March 1844 |
| Died | 25 August 1923 (aged 79) |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Anne Brook and Florence Margaret Toll (nee Mortlock) |
| Relations | Sandy Lewis and Tom Lewis (grandsons) William Ranson Mortlock (second father-in-law) |
| Children | James Brook Lewis (1877–1966), Gilbert Norman Lewis (1879–1974), Essington Lewis (1881–1961), Eleanor Mary (Nell) Lewis (1882–1962), Jane Florence Lewis (1884–1970), Lancelot Ashley Lewis (1885–1938) |
| Parents | James Lewis (1813–1891) and Eliza Margaret Hutton Lewis (1825–1906) (nee Bristow) |
John Lewis (12 February 1844 – 25 August 1923) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1898 to 1923, representing the Northern District (1898-1902) and North-Eastern District (1902-1923). He was the father of Essington Lewis.
Lewis was born in Brighton, South Australia, the son of James Lewis, who had been a member of original party, under William Light, which surveyed the City of Adelaide, and had accompanied Charles Sturt on his 1844 expedition down the Murray.
He left school at the age of twelve to work on his father's farm at Richmond, leaving him two years later to work as a sheep drover and other occupations. From 1867 to 1885 he was employed as Liston, Shakes and Co.'s agent in Burra. In 1871 he made a trip to the Northern Territory with his brother James to secure a property on behalf of George McLachlan. He set down details of this trip in his autobiography Fought and Won.
He returned to Adelaide in 1876, when he married and settled in Burra. He joined William Liston (ca.1840–1901) and James Shakes in their stock and station agency, and acted as their agent in Burra from 1876 to 1885 when Liston resigned and the company operated as Lewis & Shakes until 1888 when they joined with George W. Bagot as Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. The company absorbed Luxmoore, Dowling & Jeffrey in May 1906 and about the same time Lewis left Burra for Adelaide, moving into the imposing residence 'Benacre' in Glen Osmond, built for William Bickford. He acquired various pastoral properties in South Australia: Dalhousie Springs, Witchelina, Mount Nor'-West, Ediacara, Nappa Merrie, Coronga Peak, and Newcastle Waters, many in conjunction with Sir Thomas Elder.
Bagot, Shakes & Lewis was absorbed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. in 1924.
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