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John Verran

John Verran
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26th Premier of South Australia
Elections: 1910, 1912
In office
3 June 1910 – 17 February 1912
Monarch George V
Governor Sir Day Bosanquet
Preceded by Archibald Peake
Succeeded by Archibald Peake
14th Leader of the Opposition (SA)
In office
1909–1910
Preceded by Richard Butler
Succeeded by Archibald Peake
In office
1912–1913
Preceded by Archibald Peake
Succeeded by Crawford Vaughan
4th United Labor Party leader
In office
1909–1913
Preceded by Thomas Price
Succeeded by Crawford Vaughan
Senator for South Australia
In office
30 August 1927 – 16 November 1928
Preceded by Charles McHugh
Personal details
Born (1856-07-09)9 July 1856
Gwennap, Cornwall
Died 7 June 1932(1932-06-07) (aged 75)
Political party United Labor Party (1901–17)
National Labor (1917–18)
Spouse(s) Catherine (nee Trembath)
Children 8
Religion Primitive Methodist

John Verran (9 July 1856 – 7 June 1932) was the 26th Premier of South Australia from 1910 to 1912 and a senator for South Australia from August 1927 to November 1928, representing the South Australian United Labor Party. The 1910 state election saw Labor form a majority government, the first time a party had done so in South Australia. He was a resident of Moonta, and was member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wallaroo from 1901 to 1918. As premier, Verran helped to improve conditions for Aborigines while also making efforts to make home ownership more possible for the underprivileged.

Verran was born at Gwennap, Cornwall in UK, on 9 July 1856 and when only three months old was taken by his parents to Australia. The family lived at Kapunda, South Australia, until he was eight, and then moved to Moonta where copper had been discovered in 1861. Verran received very little education and before he was 10 years old was working at the copper-mines as a pickey-boy, whose job it was to sort the ore above ground. He attended a night school some years later. Verran learned to read with encouragement from the ministers of the Primitive Methodist church at Moonta. When 18 he went to the Queensland gold-mines but soon returned to Moonta, where he worked as a miner for nearly 40 years. He was elected president of the Moonta miners' association (the Amalgamated Miners' Association) and held this office from 1895 to 1913. Verran was an active member and local preacher in the Primitive Methodist church, and later recognised this influence with the comment "I am an M.P., because I am a P.M."


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