{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = John Ferrett | honorific_suffix = | image = John Ferret - Queensland Politician.png | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Maranoa | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 4 May 1860 | term_end1 = 27 June 1863 | predecessor1 = New seat | successor1 = William Francis Kennedy | constituency_AM2 = West Moreton | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 25 June 1870 | term_end2 = 18 November 1873 | predecessor2 = Samuel Hodgson | successor2 = Seat abolished | alongside2 = George Thorn, Jr., Frederick Forbes | birth_date = 1812 | birth_place = Dorsetshire, England | death_date = 4 June 1894 | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = John Ferrett | party = | other_party = | occupation = Pastoralist | relations = }}
'''John Ferrett''' (1812–1894) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
==Early life== John Ferrett was born in 1812 in Dorset, England, the son of Harry Ferrett and his wife Mary (née Rabbit).<ref name=rem>{{cite web|title=Ferrett, John |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=164|work=Re-Member Database|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>
He immigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1835 on the ''Fairlie''. He worked as a station hand with the Dangar family at Gostwyck Plains, before establishing Wallann Station with them at Ipswich, Queensland around 1844. He established Wooinble Bank in Maranoa in 1862.<ref name=rem/>
==Politics== John Ferrett entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 4 May 1860 at the 1860 colonial election as the member for the electoral district of Maranoa. He held the seat until 27 June 1863 (the 1863 election).<ref name=qpm>{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>
On 13 June 1870, Samuel Hodgson, member for West Moreton, resigned. John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870. He retained this seat in the 1870 and 1871 elections but was defeated in the 1873 election on 18 November 1873.<ref name=qpm/>
John Ferrett also served as a councillor on the Bundanba Divisional Board.<ref name=rem/>
==Later life== In 1874, Ferrett purchased Dulacca Station. He also had a part ownership in the Woodend coal mines on the Bremer River.<ref name=rem/>
John Ferrett died suddenly from heart disease on 4 June 1894 at his home in Roderick Street, Ipswich. He had never married and his closest relatives were his niece and nephew Emily and Harry Ferrett, the children of his late brother Henry Ferrett.<ref name=rem/><ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20717007 |title=Death of Mr. John Ferrett. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=9 June 1894 |accessdate=27 February 2014 |page=1061 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His funeral was held on 5 June.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123755660 |title=PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser |date=5 June 1894 |accessdate=27 February 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==See also== * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863; 1868–1870; 1870–1871; 1871–1873
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld }} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl |title = Member for Maranoa|years=1860–1863}} {{s-aft | after = William Francis Kennedy}} {{s-bef | before = Samuel Hodgson}} {{s-ttl |title = Member for West Moreton |years=1870–1873|alongside=George Thorn, Jr., Frederick Forbes}} {{s-non|reason=Abolished}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrett, John}} Category:1812 births Category:1894 deaths Category:Australian pastoralists Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Politicians from Dorset Category:English emigrants to colonial Australia Category:19th-century Australian politicians Category:19th-century Australian businesspeople