John Ince (c.1831 – 14 May 1897), was an Australian politician, member of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...

. Ince was born in Ballynotan, Queen's County, Ireland, son of Robert Ince and his wife Mary, ''née'' Barrett. He arrived in Melbourne around 1854, and established a provision store in

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

, Victoria, circa 1857. Later, Ince became a stock dealer. He was a Councillor for West Geelong 1875 to 1878, 1881 to 1890; and was mayor 1884 to 1885 and 1888 to 1889. Ince was member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Barwon from December 1877 to February 1880. Ince died in Geelong on 14 May 1897.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ince, John 1830s births 1897 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Politicians from the Colony of Victoria