# Jabez Coon

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{{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](/source/Division_of_Batman)
| parliament       = Australian
| majority         = 
| predecessor      = ''New seat''
| successor        = [Henry Beard](/source/Henry_Beard_(Australian_politician))
| term_start       = 12 December 1906
| term_end         = 13 April 1910
| birth_date       = 1869
| birth_place      = [Maldon, Victoria](/source/Maldon%2C_Victoria)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1935|4|18|1869|df=y}}
| death_place      = [South Yarra, Victoria](/source/South_Yarra%2C_Victoria)
| spouse           = 
| party            = [Protectionist Party](/source/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](/source/Maldon%2C_Victoria), he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer and then a boot merchant in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). In 1906, he was elected to the [Australian House of Representatives](/source/Australian_House_of_Representatives) as the [Protectionist](/source/Protectionist_Party) member for the new seat of [Batman](/source/Division_of_Batman). He held the seat until his defeat in 1910 by a [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party) 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](/source/City_of_Collingwood) council, and [mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Collingwood) from 1909 to 1910. He is the father-in-law of [Gilbert Chandler](/source/Gilbert_Chandler), member of the [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council) and Minister for Agriculture in the [Bolte Ministry](/source/Bolte_Ministry) from 1955 to 1973.

On 18 April 1935, Coon collapsed and died suddenly at [South Yarra](/source/South_Yarra%2C_Victoria) whilst returning home to [Boronia](/source/Boronia%2C_Victoria).<ref name="death">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204291272 |title=ABOUT PEOPLE. |newspaper=[The Age](/source/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-ttl|title=Member for [Batman](/source/Division_of_Batman)  |years=1906–1910}}
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Category:1869 births
Category:1935 deaths
Category:Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Batman
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Victoria (state) local councillors
Category:Mayors of places in Victoria (state)
Category:Australian MPs 1906–1910
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Australia

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