Jabez Coon

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jabez Coon | honorific_suffix = | image = Vcoon.jpg | constituency_MP = Batman | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = ''New seat'' | successor = Henry Beard | term_start = 12 December 1906 | term_end = 13 April 1910 | birth_date = 1869 | birth_place = Maldon, Victoria | death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|4|18|1869|df=y}} | death_place = South Yarra, Victoria | spouse = | party = Protectionist Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Goldminer, boot merchant | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Jabez Coon''' (1869 – 18 April 1935) was an Australian politician. Born in Maldon, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer and then a boot merchant in Melbourne. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Protectionist member for the new seat of Batman. He held the seat until his defeat in 1910 by a Labor candidate.<ref name=Psephos>{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-06-09 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 }}</ref> He was a member of the City of Collingwood council, and mayor from 1909 to 1910. He is the father-in-law of Gilbert Chandler, member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Minister for Agriculture in the Bolte Ministry from 1955 to 1973.

On 18 April 1935, Coon collapsed and died suddenly at South Yarra whilst returning home to Boronia.<ref name="death">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204291272 |title=ABOUT PEOPLE. |newspaper=The Age |issue=24966 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=22 April 1935 |accessdate=5 May 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Batman |years=1906–1910}} {{s-aft|after=Henry Beard }} {{s-end}}

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