John Nobbs (8 September 1845 – 11 November 1921) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to John and Jane Nobbs; his father was a gardener. He attended

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and then farmed at Colo, also founding the ''Cumberland Independent'' newspaper. On 16 December 1865 he married Louisa Smedley; they had twelve children. In 1888 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Central Cumberland; he resigned in 1893 facing

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and lost the subsequent by-election. He returned to the Assembly in 1898 as the member for Granville. He held that seat as a

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until his defeat in 1913. He was subsequently a member of the

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from 1917 to 1921. Nobbs died at Granville in 1921. His wife Louisa Ann Nobbs died in December 1927 aged 78, and was buried beside her husband in the Church of England section of

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.''Granville Pioneer - Mrs Nobbs Death'', The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, 13 December 1927, Page 3

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