John Gordon Thorne Jackett (21 October 1912 – 11 January 2003) was an Australian politician. He was the

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member for Burwood in the

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from 1965 to 1978. Jackett was born in

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, to

Gordon Jackett Harry Gordon Jackett (6 July 1887 – 3 May 1951) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1935 and 1938 and from 1941 until his death. He was variously a United Australia Party (UAP), Independ ...

(NSW MLA 1935–1938, 1941–1951) and his wife Ethel May Martin. The family moved to

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in 1918, and Jackett was educated at

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, after which he joined the family business. In 1940, he enlisted in the

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, serving in the

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, Darwin and

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until 1945. In 1953, he was elected to

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, where he served until 1962. In 1961, Jackett married Bethyl Margaret McKerihan, with whom he had two children. In 1965, Jackett contested

preselection for the state seat of Burwood and defeated the sitting member,

Ben Doig Benjamin Cochrane Doig (17 May 1904 – 16 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1965, representing the electorate of Burwood. He was a member of the Liberal Party p ...

. Doig contested the election as an

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, but Jackett was elected fairly easily. He defeated Doig again in 1968 and 1971 and was re-elected in 1973 and 1976. In 1978, he was defeated by

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candidate

Phil O'Neill Phillip Joseph O'Neill (6 June 1941 – 7 January 2020) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Burwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1984. O'Neill was born in Darlinghurst to Sidney Lessor O'Nei ...

. Jackett died in

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in 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackett, John 1912 births 2003 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II