{{Short description|Australian politician (1879–1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} thumb|right|Howard Vaughan, dated 1910
'''John Howard Vaughan''' CBE (14 November 1879 – 21 August 1955)<ref name=ADB>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Grainger|first=G|year=1990|id2=vaughan-john-howard-9268|title=Vaughan, John Howard (1879–1955)|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> was an Australian politician. Born in Norwood, Adelaide, he was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1912 to 1918, representing the United Labor Party (1912–1917) and the National Party (1917–1918). He served as the Attorney-General of South Australia from 1915 to 1917.<ref name=saparl>{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4187 |name=Mr John Vaughan CBE |former=yes |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
In the 1917 Labor split, Vaughan was expelled along with his brother, Premier Crawford Vaughan, and joined the new National Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59893465 |title=The final break |newspaper=The Register |date=13 February 1917 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96983961 |title=Victor Harbor |newspaper=Southern Argus |date=5 April 1917 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=3 |via=Trove}}</ref> Upon the defeat of the Vaughan ministry in July 1917, Vaughan did not nominate for a position in the new coalition ministry of Archibald Peake, and enlisted to serve in World War I.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5534979 |title=The political crisis |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=14 July 1917 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45408150 |title=Mr J. H. Vaughan's enlistment |newspaper=The Barrier Miner |date=17 July 1917 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=1 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60325110 |title=A legislator soldier |newspaper=The Register |date=9 October 1917 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=6 |via=Trove}}</ref> He was controversially opposed at the 1918 election while away on active service, and being unable to campaign was defeated by Labor candidate Tom Gluyas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63844324 |title=Mr J. H. Vaughan's seat |newspaper=The Mail |date=30 March 1918 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37501431 |title=Mr J. H. Vaughan and the Labor Party |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=12 January 1920 |access-date=19 January 2015 |page=6 |via=Trove}}</ref>
Vaughan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1932.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=1064472 |date=3 June 1932 |recipient=Mr John Howard Vaughan |award=Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) (Imperial) |postnominal=CBE |access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref> He died in Adelaide on 21 August 1955, at the age of 75, and is buried at Centennial Park Cemetery in Pasadena, Adelaide.<ref name=ADB/>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Herbert Angas Parsons}} {{s-ttl|title=Attorney-General of South Australia|years=1915–1917}} {{s-aft|after=Henry Barwell}} {{s-par|au-sa-lc}} {{s-bef | before=Charles Richard Morris<br>Beaumont Arnold Moulden}} {{s-ttl | title=Member for Central District | years=1912–1915}} {{s-aft | after =Electorate abolished}} {{s-bef | before=Electorate created }} {{s-ttl | title=Member for Central District No. 1 | years=1915–1918}} {{s-aft | after =Tom Gluyas}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
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