{{Short description|Australian politician (1852–1922)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jabez Wright | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | order = 14th Mayor of Broken Hill | term_start = 16 February 1900 | term_end = 14 February 1901 | predecessor = John Dunstan | successor = William John Retallick | office1 = Alderman of the Municipality of Broken Hill | term_start1 = 1896 | term_end1 = 1902 | constituency1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | constituency_MP2 = Willyama | parliament2 = New South Wales | term_start2 = 6 December 1913 | term_end2 = 18 February 1920 | predecessor2 = New Seat | successor2 = Seat Abolished | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1852|03|25}} | birth_place = Greenwich, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1922|09|10|1852|03|25}} | death_place = Bondi, New South Wales | resting_place = Waverley Cemetery | birth_name = | party = Labor Party | other_party = | relations = | spouse = Honora Kearney | children = 4 | occupation = Carpenter, Undertaker | signature = }} '''Jabez Wright''' (25 April 1852 – 10 September 1922) was an English-born Australian politician.
Wright was born at Greenwich in England, the son of Jabez Gladstone Wright. He worked in North and South America before moving to South Australia, eventually settling in Broken Hill around 1888. On 15 January 1878 Wright married Honora Kearney, with whom he had four children. He worked as a carpenter and then as an undertaker, and was a member of the Australian Workers' Union. From 1896 to 1902 Wright was an alderman at Broken Hill. He rose to be mayor from 1900 to 1901, the first Labor Mayor in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221016129 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF BROKEN HILL. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=200 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1900 |accessdate=15 September 2018 |page=1900 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Broken-hearted spurn Labor for a rebel with a cause |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/broken-hearted-spurn-labor-for-a-rebel-with-a-cause-20040329-gdimnj.html |accessdate=15 September 2018 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 March 2004}}</ref> He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 as the Labor member for Willyama. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920 Wright was defeated running for Sturt, but filled the vacancy caused by the murder of Percy Brookfield in 1921. Wright himself caused a vacancy a year later when he died at Bondi.<ref name=nsw>{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Jabez Wright (1852–1922) |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019 |id=954}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{s-bef|before= John Dunstan }} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Broken Hill|years=1900{{spaced ndash}}1901}} {{s-aft|after= William John Retallick }} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{s-new|district}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Willyama|years=1913{{spaced ndash}}1920}} {{s-non|reason= District abolished}} {{s-bef|before= Percy Brookfield}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Sturt|years=1921{{spaced ndash}}1922|alongside=Davidson, Doe}} {{s-aft|after=Ted Horsington}} {{s-end}}
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